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The documentation released under the license allows the author to specify what actions the user is allowed to do. For example, can I copy, distribute, modify and use for commercial purposes? The following are popular licenses developed by the non-profit organization Creative Commons in order from most permissive to most restrictive in terms of user experience. List of licenses with permissions, conditions and prohibitions Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) allows you to copy, distribute, modify and use for commercial purposes, provided that the author is credited, a link to the license is added and the changes made are indicated. Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) may be copied, distributed, modified and used for commercial purposes, provided that the author is credited, a link to the license is added, changes made are indicated and following the same license. Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0) may be copied, distributed...

The article deals with popular Open Source licenses: GNU GPLv3 GNU AGPLv3 GNU LGPLv3 Mozilla Public License 2.0 Apache License 2.0 MIT License The Unlicense Before choosing a license, let's first understand what a license is. License is a permission to perform certain actions on a work. Such actions may include the use, distribution, and modification of the work. It is forbidden to perform these actions without an issued license, as the work is protected by copyright.