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HEJOK254 / Discord-QuickEdit

A discord application allowing users to quickly trim/edit/convert files, like videos.
Apache License 2.0
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Add licence #3

Open HEJOK254 opened 5 months ago

HEJOK254 commented 5 months ago

Add a licence so others can use the project

smellilac commented 4 months ago

I'm ready to do this, all I need to know is my first and last name in order to indicate them on the license.

It will look like this: Copyright (c) 2024 Dmitriy Ivanov

I also recommend using a nameplate. This is a small .png file that is usually located in Readme.md

You can see what it looks like here: https://github.com/smellilac/NotesApi/blob/master/README.md

Website for creating a nameplate: https://shields.io/badges

Command to create a nameplate: License-MIT-lime (replace lime with any color)

Template for Readme.md:

<p align="center">
 <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/License-MIT-lime" alt="MIT License">
</p>
HEJOK254 commented 4 months ago

I was thinking of using a more restrictive licence, like the GNU GPL 2.0, but I got stuck, and I didn't know if it's really what I wanted for this project.

The reason I wanted something more like the GPL 2.0, rather than the MIT licence, is that I don't want anyone to just be able to pretty much steal it and sell it as "their" product (just in case). I'm ok with people using it for commercial purposes, but the MIT licence just allows anyone to easily hide the fact that it is not their work. (correct me if I'm wrong) This is why I got stuck. I like the MIT licence, but I think it's more appropriate in libraries. The attribution part is what I care about the most, so there isn't really a possibility of someone copying the entire project and pretending that it's their own.

I just wasn't sure if the GPL 2.0 requires that the program has some sort of notice, at least linking to the original source.

I'd personally probably use either the GPL 2.0 or the GPL 3.0, as long as it requires attribution/giving the user access to the original source code (which I think it does, I'm just not 100% sure if it does)

If you have any different recommendations, let me know and I'll consider them :)

HEJOK254 commented 3 months ago

@smellilac I've been thinking for a bit, and I think that the GPL 3.0 should work just fine for now, and it could be changed in the future if something was wrong. I want to add the licence to allow use of the program, so people can host their bots if anyone wanted to.

Since you've worked on this project, I just wanted to ask if this licence looks good to you, or if you have any suggestions, or wanted a different licence. If you know a better fitting licence, I can consider it.