Checklist

This is a checklist for adding a license to your project repository.

• Go to your repository folder (local computer or online repository on GitHub/GitLab/BitBucket)

• Create a new file and name is License.txt or License.md based on your preference of the file format

• Choose a type of license (or multiple license for mixed content) that is suitable for your project (visit choosealicense.com)

• Copy the license content to the newly created file, for example, you can use an Open Source license CC-BY 4.0 for text content and MIT License for software

• Save your file and add details in your README.md file

Further Reading

Additional resources you can read to learn more about software licenses.

• Open source licenses: What, which, and why

• General Reading on copyright, its potential reforms, and history of application in software

  • Free as in freedom 2.0

  • What if we could reimagine copyright?

  • Chokepoint capitalism

  • Intellectual Property & Monopoly Capitalism

  • Can models be protected by copyright law?

• Tools

  • Reuse

• Relevant Legal Materials

  • International treaties impacting most nation state level IP law

    • Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works

    • TRIPS

  • Statutes / Directives

    • US

      • DMCA