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 c

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.