# Choose a License

- slug: `choosealicense`
- url: https://choosealicense.com/
- tagline: Plain-language helper for picking an open-source license (MIT, Apache 2.0, GPL).
- categories: devtools
- locales: en
- founded_case: false
- ownership_status: unclaimed
- editorial_status: approved
- verification_status (legacy): unverified
- link_rel (ops): nofollow
- created_at: 2026-10-08
- updated_at: 2026-10-08

## Description

Answers which open-source license fits a project, compares permissions, conditions, and limitations of MIT, Apache-2.0, GPL-3.0 and others, and provides copy-ready license text. Maintained by GitHub. Keywords: choose a license, open source license, 오픈소스 라이선스 선택, LICENSE file.


## Links for agents

- HTML: /p/choosealicense/
- Markdown: /p/choosealicense.md
- JSON: /api/v1/listings/choosealicense.json

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