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MIT License

Simple and permissive. Requires attribution but allows commercial use with minimal restrictions.

Best for: most open source projects where you want maximum adoption.

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License	Commercial	Modify	Distribute	Private	Patent	Copyleft
MIT	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	—
Apache 2.0	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	—
GPL v2	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	🔴 Strong
GPL v3	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	🔴 Strong
LGPL	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	⚠️ Weak
BSD 2-Clause	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	—
BSD 3-Clause	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	—
ISC	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	—
MPL 2.0	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	⚠️ Weak
AGPL v3	✅	✅	✅	✅	✅	🔴 Strong
Unlicense	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	—
CC0	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	—
CC-BY 4.0	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	—
CC-BY-SA 4.0	✅	✅	✅	✅	❌	🔴 Strong