Which open source license do you use?

General Programming
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For your OS projects?

The three most popular seem to be:

  • MIT License
  • Apache License 2
  • GNU General Public License 2
2

MIT and Creative Commons

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Which one would be best for a Vim theme? I am going to put my CodeSchool theme up on GH as people keep asking for it.

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MIT allows anything really… they could sell your theme for a profit :wink:

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Which one is best for “use it for your own use but you can’t sell it”, lol.

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Something like GPL/GPLv2/GPLv3 or CC(share-alike)… although CC is more for media/mediums and GPLs are for software. GPL should protect you if it brakes some one elses computer :wink:

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GPL it is then :smiley: thanks!

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http://www.gnu.org/licenses/quick-guide-gplv3.html

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