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I will make a small off-topic question. I really like the ISC license but for a small snippet of code I think that it's still to big. I choped some parts and go

I will make a small off-topic question. I really like the ISC license but for a small snippet of code I think that it's still to big. I choped some parts and got it to this: Copyright (c) 4-digit year, Company or Person's Name Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any purpose is hereby granted. THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE. Would this be a valid open source license? I am not using this license for anything big. Most of my code is pretty much useless and for the code I consider more useful I use the ISC license.

rogerbinns 13y ago
It is generally a bad idea to make your own, since you won't be aware of international issues. Similarly since your license is non-standard, anyone using the code now has to a do legal review to make sure things are ok, instead of looking in their list of standard approved ones. Pick one from the top of http://opensource.org/licenses http://opensource.org/licenses At the bottom of my LICENSE file I add "Alternatively you may strike the license above and use it under any OSI approved open source license such as those listed at http://opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical" http://opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical" See also http://creativecommons.org/choose/ http://creativecommons.org/choose/ although they are rarely used for code.