Should I choose MIT or BSD 3-Clause for my engine? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 week ago by ArsFireside@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/opensource@lemmy.ml

51 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Hello everyone.

I'm developing an open-source visual novel engine. And I'm struggling to choose between the two licenses: MIT and BSD 3-Clause. I wasn't much about licenses until this moment, so I have to ask someone else. Which one should I pick and why, if someone knows?

Thank you in advance.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[-] ArsFireside@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 1 week ago

That's a good explanation, thank you for teaching me.

[-] whatiswrongwithyou@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

Np. It’s easy to just choose the license that is easiest or “fire and forget”, but too many programmers don’t consider what kind of freedoms they want their speech to have and that the license is how you define that.

If you want to know something feel free to ask.

[-] ArsFireside@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

I definitely will.

[-] victorz@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Your openness and willingness to learn here is admirable. People are very opinionated about these things sometimes, and you are listening in a constructive and diplomatic way.

Kudos to you for being that type of person. 🤝🫶 You were brought up well. 😉