Form Comment License For Free

In the file name field, type LICENSE or LICENSE.md (with all caps). Under the file name, click Choose a license template. On the left side of the page, under "Add a license to your project," review the available licenses, then select a license from the list. Click Review and submit.

Licences help you manage and share intellectual property for code and materials on GitHub. If you want to consume, share or contribute to anything in GitHub, you have to understand requirements associated with the relevant licence.

Choosing a License The six licenses and the public domain dedication tool give creators a range of options. The best way to decide which is appropriate for you is to think about why you want to share your work, and how you hope others will use that work. For help, try the Creative Commons License Chooser.

An SPDX License List Short Form Identifier with a unary "+" operator suffix to represent the current version of the license or any later version. For example: CDDL-1.0+ An SPDX user defined license reference: ["DocumentRef-"1*(idstring)":"]"LicenseRef-"1*(idstring)

A Creative Commons (CC) license is one of several public copyright licenses that enable the free distribution of an otherwise copyrighted "work". A CC license is used when an author wants to give other people the right to share, use, and build upon a work that the author has created.

For most programs, we recommend that you use the most recent version of the GNU General Public License (GPL) for your project. Its strong copyleft is appropriate for all kinds of software, and includes numerous protections for users' freedom.

In general, then, if you want your content to be shareable, you should choose a Creative Commons license, and if you want it to not be shareable, your should declare it All Rights Reserved.