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# Licenses
How to easily start your project with the templates, without using your code forge's templates or forking<br/>
<small>Not legal advice!</small>
## GPL
Users: Will run your software locally<br />
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
```fish
git fetch -u https://code.gkaklas.gr/license/gpl.git main:main ; git push
```
## AGPL
Users: Will interact with your software by using network requests<br />
Developers: Any changes they make to your software need to be available to users
```fish
git fetch -u https://code.gkaklas.gr/license/agpl.git main:main ; git push
```
## LGPL
Users: Will use proprietary software that uses your library<br />
Developers: Any changes they make to your library need to be available to users
```fish
git fetch -u https://code.gkaklas.gr/license/lgpl.git main:main ; git push
```
## MIT
Only requires preservation of copyright and license notices
```fish
git fetch -u https://code.gkaklas.gr/license/MIT.git main:main ; git push
```
## Apache
Only requires preservation of copyright and license notices. Contributors to your software provide an express grant of patent rights
```fish
git fetch -u https://code.gkaklas.gr/license/apache.git main:main ; git push
```
# Choosing a license
* The European Commission has a [licensing assistant](https://interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/collection/eupl/solution/licensing-assistant/find-and-compare-software-licenses)
* The Free Software Foundation has [recommendations](https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-recommendations.html)
* https://choosealicense.com