HACKER Q&A
📣 dqpb

How do you choose the license for your open source project?


How do you choose the license for your open source project?


  👤 pabs3 Accepted Answer ✓
If you can't be bothered enforcing the license, choose CC0.

If you can be bothered enforcing the license in a principled way, choose AGPLv3+.

If you're running a business selling the project, just go with proprietary instead.


👤 jobigoud
You start by looking at the license of your likely dependencies. Some of them may constraint your options. For example if you have a non replaceable dependency under GPL.