Choose and generate an open-source licence

Generate a standard open-source license notice from an SPDX identifier.

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How it works

The selected identifier maps to bundled Markdown text containing its permissions, conditions, and warranty disclaimer. The output is a license file template and does not inspect dependencies or jurisdiction.

  • MIT is the short permissive starting choice.
  • Copyright holder and year remain editable project fields.

Worked example

Generate MIT License
Create an MIT license for your project
Input
											Type: MIT
Year: 2024
Author: Jane Doe
Output
												MIT License

Copyright (c) 2024 Jane Doe

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BU…

When to use this

Repository LICENSE files, package metadata, and compliance reviews choose these notices.

Edge cases

  • A missing holder leaves an incomplete notice field.
  • GPL-3.0 has different redistribution obligations from MIT.
  • An SPDX identifier alone does not replace full license text.

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