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