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License Generator — Common Open Source Licenses

Choose MIT, Apache-2.0, GPL, and other common licenses, enter the copyright holder, and generate LICENSE text to save locally in your browser. Not legal advice—verify against official texts.

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Use cases

  • Generate LICENSE when creating a repo
  • Update copyright name and year
  • Compare common license templates

How to use

  1. Select a license type
  2. Enter copyright holder details
  3. Copy the full generated text

Example input and output

Choice

MIT / Copyright Ada

Opening

MIT License\n\nCopyright (c) ... Ada

FAQ

Which license should I pick?

Depends on copyleft, patent, and proprietary-use needs. This tool outputs templates only—not legal advice.

Matches official text?

Based on common SPDX templates. For critical projects, double-check the official version.

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