I personally prefer CC0-1.0 for software licenses. > Do I need to do anything to ensure that I won't ever get "locked out" of my own work? Yes, you must maint

I personally prefer CC0-1.0 for software licenses. > Do I need to do anything to ensure that I won't ever get "locked out" of my own work? Yes, you must maintain positive control over your application and all its trademarks. Sometimes people can feel emotional or involved with an application, particularly if they believe they cannot live without it. As the owner you dictate the direction of the application. This will mean telling people no. When people get sad because they cannot have something they want from your application they have four choices: * fork your application and maintain it on their own * abandon the software * shut up and take it * do the requested work on the desired feature and write a pull request Never, ever, let other people dictate the direction or terms of your software or your time.