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Choosing a License

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Things to consider

◮ Is this code? ◮ Permissive or Copyleft ◮ Patents or not ◮ Legal aspects

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Is this code?

◮ We only talk about licenses for software. ◮ These licenses are specifically written for software ◮ Creative Commons

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License style

Permissive

◮ Allows relicensing ◮ Can make proprietary derived works ◮ Allows flow in any direction

Copyleft

◮ Can’t relicense ◮ Share alike ◮ Weak copyleft

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Patents & Legal aspects

◮ Do you care about patents?

◮ You should!

◮ Legal aspects

◮ Talk to your company’s lawyer ◮ License policy ◮ Predictability

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What to choose

Always use a patent license!

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Links

◮ https://choosealicense.com ◮ https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-recommendations.html ◮ https://creativecommons.org/choose/ ◮ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_software_rebranded_by_Debian

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