License Picker 2.0

Purpose of your code release:

I want everyone to be able to use my code with no restrictions and I expect nothing in return.
I want to maximize adoption of my code. It is OK if my competitors use my code in their proprietary products.
I want everyone to be able to use my code as long as they share source code.
I want a dual licensing business: anyone who will not share source code should pay me for a license.
I want everyone to be able to use my code only for non-commercial purposes.

Patent Position

I am seeking, or intend to seek, patents that read on my software.
I am against software patents.
I don’t have any patents, and don’t intend to seek them.
I don’t know/don’t care.

Interaction with Linux:

I want my software to be useable in the Linux kernel.
I don’t need my software to be useable in the Linux kernel.
I don’t know/don’t care.

Distribution:

My software is the kind that others are likely to distribute.
My software is the kind that others will use (including local or SaaS) but don’t need to distribute.

Program or Library:

My software is a library intended for use by other programs.
My software is an entire program.

Consumer Electronics:

My software needs to be useful in consumer electronics.
My software does not need to be useful in consumer electronics.
I don’t know/don’t care.

You picked a proprietary license. Open source will not work for your code, because open source licenses cannot contain field restrictions like non-commercial. At this time there is no standard software license with these attributes, but Creative Commons NC is a general copyright license with a non-commercial restriction.

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