Add a license

[nicolasmaia]

A LICENSE.md, and preferably license headers on files :)

[bbqsrc]

Yes. I haven't decided which one I'm going to use yet though, hence All Rights Reserved being strewn across all code and the sound of sirens in the distance.

Opinionated suggestions welcomed.

[ninks]

GPL2 or GPL3 are good free (freedom) respectling lisences. Made by Free Software Foundation.

[bbqsrc]

Yes, I would be choosing between GPLv3 or ISC/BSD-2-Clause ultimately.

Ultimately comes down to which the community lets me know they prefer, I think.

[nicolasmaia]

I'm all for GPLv3. Perhaps even AGPLv3+, if we're feeling generous :)

I have no idea how the AGPLv3 would be relevant to this software.

AGPLv3 is for:

• SAAS
• libraries
• software that might get linked with other software

This software is none of the above. This entire thread is a GPL troll.

[bbqsrc]

AGPL differs to GPL only in its proliferation clause ensuring that network deployment such as SaaS, or a website, etc requires linking to the source of that instance. In all other ways it is the same as the GPL. In this case, as a desktop app, there is no point using the AGPL at all.

Insofar as I am concerned, using the GPL does create an incentive to stop cheap bastards from coming along, making one small modification to a codebase and then going and profiteering from the hard work of another community without any reciprocation. Pieter Hintjens has written about this in How To Capture an Open Source Community and How to Make Money from Open Source.

I suspect ultimately, for this project, I am tossing up between using GPLv3 or the EUPL 1.1, which is compared here.

Broadly, the EUPL is shorter and translated into 22 languages, and its enforceability is not in question especially in Europe. In particular, the jurisdiction is expressly set to Belgium if a person does not operate within the EU.

[nicolasmaia]

In this case, as a desktop app, there is no point using the AGPL at all.

However isn't it the case that more and more often desktop apps are being ported to the web?

[bbqsrc]

This is a client application, not a server application. The provision has no useful impact in this case.