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		neur0mancer on Sept 29, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What open source license is appropriate fo... It depends on what you want for your project: GPL 2-3: If you want to create a comunity around your code. AGPL: Same as GPL but it can't be used remotely without releasing the source code. BSD: If you want to be flexible enought to let companies to use your code without releasing back the source. Of course, these are simplifed explanations.

MojoJolo on Sept 29, 2013 [–]

Thanks. Really not well versed with those licenses. Right now, I'm leaning to choose MIT. What do you think of it?

neur0mancer on Sept 29, 2013 | [–]

MIT/BSD is a "safe" choice.

If you see that companies are using your work and not contributing back, you can shift your contributions to GPL in the future.

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