Licenses

How to easily start your project with the templates, without using your code forge's templates or forking
Not legal advice!

GPL

Users: Will run your software locally
Developers: Any changes they make to your software need to be available to users; they cannot use your library in a piece of proprietary software

git fetch https://code.gkaklas.gr/license/gpl.git && git cherry-pick FETCH_HEAD && git commit --verbose --gpg-sign --signoff --amend

AGPL

Users: Will interact with your software by using network requests
Developers: Any changes they make to your software need to be available to users

git fetch https://code.gkaklas.gr/license/agpl.git && git cherry-pick FETCH_HEAD && git commit --verbose --gpg-sign --signoff --amend

LGPL

Users: Will use proprietary software that uses your library
Developers: Any changes they make to your library need to be available to users

git fetch https://code.gkaklas.gr/license/lgpl.git && git cherry-pick FETCH_HEAD && git commit --verbose --gpg-sign --signoff --amend

MIT

Only requires preservation of copyright and license notices

git fetch https://code.gkaklas.gr/license/mit.git && git cherry-pick FETCH_HEAD && git commit --verbose --gpg-sign --signoff --amend

Apache

Only requires preservation of copyright and license notices. Contributors to your software provide an express grant of patent rights

git fetch https://code.gkaklas.gr/license/apache.git && git cherry-pick FETCH_HEAD && git commit --verbose --gpg-sign --signoff --amend

Choosing a license

The European Commission has a licensing assistant
The Free Software Foundation has recommendations
https://choosealicense.com