What License Should You Use On GitHub?
One of the most restrictive licenses is GPL. One of the most permissive licenses is MIT. Other popular licenses are Apache License 2.0 and BSD. To apply a license on your GitHub project, you need to create a LICENSE file using GitHub's license templates.
Do I need a license for my GitHub project?
From GitHub's licensing help page: You're under no obligation to choose a license. However, without a license, the default copyright laws apply, meaning that you retain all rights to your source code and no one may reproduce, distribute, or create derivative works from your work.
What can I assume if a publicly published project has no license?
What is the use of license in GitHub?
Public repositories on GitHub are often used to share open source software. For your repository to truly be open source, you'll need to license it so that others are free to use, change, and distribute the software.
Licensing a repository - GitHub Docs
What Licence should I use GitHub?
We, the Free Software Foundation, use the GNU General Public License for most of our software; it applies also to any other work released this way by its authors.
What you need to know to choose an open source license.