# 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 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<br />
Developers: Any changes they make to your software need to be available to users

```fish
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<br />
Developers: Any changes they make to your library need to be available to users

```fish
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

```fish
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

```fish
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](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