learnbyexample/command_help

License

TechnologyClassroom opened this issue · 5 comments

TechnologyClassroom commented

I am also a big fan of explainshell. This looks like a useful tool. CC BY-NC-SA is not a license for code and is not a free culture license. Here is a link on the subject:

https://opensource.stackexchange.com/questions/1717/why-is-cc-by-sa-discouraged-for-code

I would suggest AGPL3.0 or MIT. The traditional github way of licensing is to add a LICENSE.md file. Github helps at that point with a pull down box with most of the common, free-culture licenses available.

learnbyexample commented

Thanks for the link
As per answers and comments, MIT has some of the same problems as CC
The major issue I see as of now is that using my code as part of another project that wants to use another license... I will do some more reading on this

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TechnologyClassroom commented

MIT does not conflict with other licenses. CC BY-NC-SA's NC clause does conflict with many licenses.

learnbyexample commented

but I do want NC or similar clause, I use it for all my repos... as per my understanding, MIT won't suit..

so, I will have to read up other licenses..

and if someone does use this code and having a specific issue due to this CC license, I will consider granting special permission..

learnbyexample commented

decided to stick to CC for now

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