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Ask HN: License to use for an interview project?
I'm in an unusual situation. I'm working on a demo application for a company I'm interviewing with. This has never been an issue before, but in this particular case the scope of the application is closing in on something I would normally build as an mvp or v1 for an internal tool.
Its somewhat surprising to me because the company is rather large and well known, so this isn't a case of the interview app being a way to get free work done.
However, I think I will be more comfortable by including a non-commercial use license with the project. What are some simple licenses I could use? Most searches I've done all return variations of open source ones.
- cimmanom 8y ago"All Rights Reserved"?
- paulcole 8y agoIt sounds like you're not being paid for your time/effort. If this is the case, why not tell them that you own the copyright on your work? If you insist on a non-commercial license, how about CC 3.0? https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/
- duxup 8y agoAre you saying you want to prevent the company you are interviewing with from using it?
- geuis 8y agoRight. Its nearly at the scale of being something I would finish in a 40 hour work week as an mvp internal tool. Way out of the normal scale of a demo app for an interview. I just ended the interview process today in part because of this.
- rajacombinator 8y agoBetter to not do this project unless they’re paying you.
- geuis 8y agoYeah, I just ended the interview process about an hour ago. I thanked them for their time and included some thoughts about the scope of the demo project.