choosealicense.com

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A site to provide non-judgmental guidance on choosing a license for your open source project

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- devcontainer.json
- post-create.sh
- - codeql.yml
  - deploy.yml
  - test.yml
- - README.md
- fields.yml
- meta.yml
- rules.yml
- - responsive.css
- breadcrumbs.html
- footer.html
- header.html
- language-icon.svg
- language-selector.html
- license-overview.html
- rules-table.html
- sidebar.html
- t.html
- tmd.html
- using-sentence.html
- default.html
- license.html
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- afl-3.0.txt
- agpl-3.0.txt
- apache-2.0.txt
- artistic-2.0.txt
- blueoak-1.0.0.txt
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- osl-3.0.txt
- postgresql.txt
- unlicense.txt
- upl-1.0.txt
- vim.txt
- wtfpl.txt
- zlib.txt
- - application.scss
- - home-sprite.png
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- - app.js
  - i18n.js
- - about.md
  - community.md
  - no-permission.md
  - non-software.md
- - about.md
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  - non-software.md
- - about.md
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  - no-permission.md
  - non-software.md
- - about.md
  - community.md
  - no-permission.md
  - non-software.md
- - about.md
  - community.md
  - no-permission.md
  - non-software.md
- - about.md
  - community.md
  - no-permission.md
  - non-software.md
- README.md
- bootstrap
- check-approval
- cibuild
- generate-docs
- server
- ci_ruby_version_spec.rb
- i18n_spec.rb
- license_bom_spec.rb
- license_fields_spec.rb
- license_meta_spec.rb
- license_rules_spec.rb
- license_shown_spec.rb
- license_spec.rb
- license_wrap_spec.rb
- self_license_spec.rb
- spec_helper.rb
.bowerrc
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.gitignore
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_config.yml
about.md
appendix.md
bower.json
CNAME
CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md
community.md
CONTRIBUTING.md
favicon.ico
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LICENSE.md
licenses.html
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non-software.md
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README.md
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WEBLATE.md

🚀 Installation Guide

1. Get the code

git clone https://github.com/github/choosealicense.com

Downloads the entire project code from GitHub to your computer.

cd choosealicense.com

Moves into the project folder you just downloaded.

2. Official Install Script

Easy Recommended

Prerequisites

Homebrew A package manager for macOS/Linux.
APT (Debian/Ubuntu 계열) Built into Debian/Ubuntu-based Linux distributions.

brew install make cmake

Installs the pre-built package via Homebrew — no source build required.

sudo apt-get install make cmake

Installs directly from the APT package repository (Debian/Ubuntu-based).

✅ After installing, open a new terminal and run the program's version command (e.g. --version) to confirm it worked.

Pulled directly from this repo's README.

3. Ruby

Easy

Prerequisites

Git Needed to download the project code from GitHub.
Ruby Ruby is required to use the bundle command.

bundle install

Installs the Ruby libraries listed in the Gemfile.

✅ If bundle install finishes without errors, continue with the run command from the README (e.g. rails server).