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 -u https://code.gkaklas.gr/license/gpl.git main:main ; git push

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 -u https://code.gkaklas.gr/license/agpl.git main:main ; git push

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 -u https://code.gkaklas.gr/license/lgpl.git main:main ; git push

MIT

Only requires preservation of copyright and license notices

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

git fetch -u https://code.gkaklas.gr/license/apache.git main:main ; git push

Choosing a license

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