Assign license

[henryreed]

Hi folks, great project--thank you for making this happen.

I would like to potentially use this project as part of my own side project, as well, but as it stands software without a license cannot be copied, reused, modified or distributed legally. If this is intentional, please feel free to close the issue; otherwise, I suggest an open source license such as the MIT License be used.

[Omicron166]

@rootm0s pls add a license

[rootm0s]

I'm really lazy and not sure which one I like the most.

[henryreed]

Hi @rootm0s!

I'm totally down to have a discussion on what license you would find to be appropriate for this project.

The MIT License is a well-known license that would legally require others to credit you, while otherwise letting them do whatever you want to your code in their own project. The Creative Commons Zero v1.0 Universal license, which is what I prefer, essentially dedicates the work to public domain--no crediting necessary.

I would argue that because your project is as substantial as it is, you should use a license that would require others to give you credit for your work.

The last option, which I would personally prefer you don't choose, is to go with something like the GPL license. This would require all future works, such as implants using your code, to have the binary/packed executable be accompanied by the license and source code; i.e. you would be legally requiring others to always share source code if sharing a derivative work.

This website has a good summary on some of the licenses: https://choosealicense.com/

I am willing to have a wider discussion as needed to help you choose a license. Please let me know if you have any questions.

[rootm0s]

Thanks for the information and the help so far. There's two interesting licenses that I will look more into, the MIT and Common Clause license.