Licences
A project needs a licence before it is public. Two questions get you to one.
Do you mind other people selling your work?
If someone changes it, must they share their changes?
Answer both on the project settings page and it suggests one. You can ignore the suggestion and pick any of them.
What is on offer
| Licence | In plain words |
|---|---|
| GPL v3 or later |
Anyone may sell it, but changes they share must stay open. |
| AGPL v3 or later |
Like GPL, and it also covers running it as a web service. |
| MIT |
Do almost anything, including keeping changes private. |
| Apache 2.0 |
Like MIT, with a patent promise written in. |
| PolyForm Noncommercial |
Source is open, but nobody may sell it or use it in a business. |
| Business Source Licence 1.1 |
Source is open, commercial use waits a few years, then it turns open. |
The licence is shown on your project page, and the source it covers is there to read and download. That is the point of the whole site.