A collection of all github licenses.
Yes. As you may know, some repositories use their own licenses (e.g. Server Side License on MongoDB). Just create a Pull Request where you add the LICENSE.LICENSENAME.md File and describe its pros and cons in the paragraph below.
If you want to use a website, we recommend choosealicense, but this website only offers all of the licenses available for github, here we hope to also show many custom licenses.
Permissions of this strongest copyleft license are conditioned on making available complete source code of licensed works and modifications, which include larger works using a licensed work, under the same license. Copyright and license notices must be preserved. Contributors provide an express grant of patent rights. When a modified version is used to provide a service over a network, the complete source code of the modified version must be made available.
Permissions:
- Commerical use
- Distribution
- Modification
- Patent use
- Private use
Conditions:
- Disclose the source
- License and copyright notice
- Network use is distribution
- Same license
- State changes made to the project
Limitations:
- Liability
- Warranty
Permissions of this strong copyleft license are conditioned on making available complete source code of licensed works and modifications, which include larger works using a licensed work, under the same license. Copyright and license notices must be preserved. Contributors provide an express grant of patent rights.
Permissions:
- Commerical use
- Distribution
- Modification
- Patent use
- Private use
Conditions:
- Disclose the source
- License and copyright notice
- Same license
- State changes made to the project
Limitations:
- Liability
- Warranty
Permissions of this copyleft license are conditioned on making available complete source code of licensed works and modifications under the same license or the GNU GPLv3. Copyright and license notices must be preserved. Contributors provide an express grant of patent rights. However, a larger work using the licensed work through interfaces provided by the licensed work may be distributed under different terms and without source code for the larger work.
Permissions:
- Commerical use
- Distribution
- Modification
- Patent use
- Private use
Conditions:
- Disclose the source
- License and copyright notice
- Same license (Library)
- State changes made to the project
Limitations:
- Liability
- Warranty
Permissions of this weak copyleft license are conditioned on making available source code of licensed files and modifications of those files under the same license (or in certain cases, one of the GNU licenses). Copyright and license notices must be preserved. Contributors provide an express grant of patent rights. However, a larger work using the licensed work may be distributed under different terms and without source code for files added in the larger work.
Permissions:
- Commerical use
- Distribution
- Modification
- Patent use
- Private use
Conditions:
- Disclose the source
- License and copyright notice
- Same license file
Limitations:
- Liability
- Warranty
- Trademark use
A permissive license whose main conditions require preservation of copyright and license notices. Contributors provide an express grant of patent rights. Licensed works, modifications, and larger works may be distributed under different terms and without source code.
Permissions:
- Commerical use
- Distribution
- Modification
- Patent use
- Private use
Conditions:
- License and copyright notice
- State changes
Limitations:
- Liability
- Trademark use
- Warranty
A short and simple permissive license with conditions only requiring preservation of copyright and license notices. Licensed works, modifications, and larger works may be distributed under different terms and without source code.
Permissions:
- Commerical use
- Distribution
- Modification
- Private use
Conditions:
- License and copyright notice
Limitations:
- Liability
- Warranty
A simple permissive license only requiring preservation of copyright and license notices for source (and not binary) distribution. Licensed works, modifications, and larger works may be distributed under different terms and without source code.
Permissions:
- Commerical use
- Distribution
- Modification
- Private use
Conditions:
- License and copyright notice
Limitations:
- Liability
- Warranty
A license with no conditions whatsoever which dedicates works to the public domain. Unlicensed works, modifications, and larger works may be distributed under different terms and without source code.
Permissions:
- Commerical use
- Distribution
- Modification
- Private use
Conditions: None
Limitations:
- Liability
- Warranty