I am just reading about licenses, because maybe it is a good idea to put licenses on my projects on Github...
But well, all open source licenses seem to allow commercial use, but I don't want that someone I don't know starts earning money with something I made without me knowing it...
And actually it seems all licenses I can find are like that...
So, any ideas what I should do? I don't know if it is possible to put something together myself...
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Can anyone tell me in normal words what all that stuff with 'allowance of patents' or something like that means?
I am now reading one of the many licenses, the OSL license, and it says the following, of which I have no idea what is meant with it or what it does:
`2) Grant of Patent License. Licensor grants You a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, sublicensable license, under patent claims owned or controlled by the Licensor that are embodied in the Original Work as furnished by the Licensor, for the duration of the patents, to make, use, sell, offer for sale, have made, and import the Original Work and Derivative Works.`
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Or can I just define myself what people can and can't do with my stuff. But how should I do that? Just saying it in the README?
How does it actually work when I say ©Privacy_Dragon instead of ©Real Name? (I do all programming stuff using the username Privacy_Dragon)
Ugh. I really need help with this..
Anyone who knows answers to this questions, please help!
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@storydragon some of the tricky stuff probably needs a lawyer.
But in general, copyright notices (the C in a circle) are no longer needed, but are useful to identify works. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_notice
The article also notes the an alternate identifier is acceptable (instead of your name), but as the notice is no longer required by law, it is still copyrighted either way.
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@sgryphon
Yeah, I know that you don't have to use a copyright notice to have it copyrighted, but for me it looks better with a copyright notice. that is also kind of a label "I made this". so other people know who made something.