This is an interactive tool that recommends an OSI-approved open source license for your project based on how you want your code used. It needs JavaScript to run.
The wizard covers the most commonly used licenses — MIT, ISC, BSD-2-Clause, BSD-3-Clause, Apache-2.0, MPL-2.0, the LGPL, GPL-2.0, GPL-3.0, AGPL-3.0, EUPL-1.2 and more — comparing permissions, conditions and limitations for each.
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Guidance only — not legal advice.