Forge Your Future with Open Source

Select a License

For most of this chapter you’ve probably been thinking, “We’re really concerned about licensing. When is she going to talk about licensing? Because this is free and open source software, and we know that means we need to talk about licensing.” The answer to that is, “Now, at the end of the chapter, because it’s the last thing you should do before releasing the project.” The license used for the project may be influenced by the license on the component parts (for instance if the project relies on something released under a copyleft or reciprocal license), or it may be influenced by business needs. There are many things you need to consider before selecting a license, and all of those things were covered earlier in this chapter. ...