Adding a software license

[wiak]

I've always been a bit confused about what is needed to make a piece of software free-software in the opensource sense. So, for once, I took time to check:

EDIT: From now on, when possible, I'll personally be opting for the MIT licence (aka X11 license: This is a lax permissive non-copyleft free software license, compatible with the GNU GPL). Seems to let others do what they will thereafter, which is what I like rather than copy-left restrictive GPL v3 etc. "The Unlicence" seems a bit drastic...

https://choosealicense.com/no-license/

[quote]No License

When you make a creative work (which includes code), the work is under exclusive copyright by default. Unless you include a license that specifies otherwise, nobody else can use, copy, distribute, or modify your work without being at risk of take-downs, shake-downs, or litigation. Once the work has other contributors (each a copyright holder), “nobody

[musher0]

Hi, wiak.

Thanks for this short overview.

BFN