Appendix
For reference, here is a table of every license described in the choosealicense.com repository.
If you’re here to choose a license, start from the home page to see a few licenses that will work for most cases.
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Open source licenses grant to the public ✓ permissions to do things with licensed works which copyright or other "intellectual property" laws might otherwise disallow.
Most open source licenses' grants of permissions are subject to compliance with ⓘ conditions.
Most open source licenses also have ✕ limitations that usually disclaim warranty and liability, and sometimes expressly exclude patents or trademarks from licenses' grants.
Permissions
- Commercial use
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The licensed material and derivatives may be used for commercial purposes.
- Distribution
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The licensed material may be distributed.
- Modification
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✓
The licensed material may be modified.
- Patent use
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This license provides an express grant of patent rights from contributors.
- Private use
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The licensed material may be used and modified in private.
Conditions
- Disclose source
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ⓘ
Source code must be made available when the licensed material is distributed.
- License and copyright notice
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ⓘ
A copy of the license and copyright notice must be included with the licensed material.
- License and copyright notice for source
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ⓘ
A copy of the license and copyright notice must be included with the licensed material in source form, but is not required for binaries.
- Network use is distribution
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ⓘ
Users who interact with the licensed material via network are given the right to receive a copy of the source code.
- Same license
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ⓘ
Modifications must be released under the same license when distributing the licensed material. In some cases a similar or related license may be used.
- Same license (file)
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ⓘ
Modifications of existing files must be released under the same license when distributing the licensed material. In some cases a similar or related license may be used.
- Same license (library)
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ⓘ
Modifications must be released under the same license when distributing the licensed material. In some cases a similar or related license may be used, or this condition may not apply to works that use the licensed material as a library.
- State changes
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ⓘ
Changes made to the licensed material must be documented.
Limitations
- Liability
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✕
This license includes a limitation of liability.
- Patent use
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✕
This license explicitly states that it does NOT grant any rights in the patents of contributors.
- Trademark use
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✕
This license explicitly states that it does NOT grant trademark rights, even though licenses without such a statement probably do not grant any implicit trademark rights.
- Warranty
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✕
This license explicitly states that it does NOT provide any warranty.