Licensing B4X source code

[Gentry]

I am about to share a project framework that I've spent quite a few hours(days and weeks) working on, and was thinking it would be appropriate to include a licence to the source code.

I want to encourage others to take and improve and use the framework for whatever purposes they desire, without restriction, but would like the attribution credit for the license to remain for posterity.

It seems that the MIT License is the best match for this usage.

I have not noticed many sample (mostly B4A) projects that include any licence text, and there are code snippets posted as examples to help developers use libraries and such.

My question is, is there a blanket policy regarding source code sharing thru the Anywhere Software Forums that provides any license or rights to developers who use that code in their apps?

Is including licence text in the source code a good measure, or is it overkill?

Without an explicit license, it's my understanding the author retains all rights. So, isn't sample source code without license a liability to anyone who uses it?

So, I am not a lawyer, just a dev. So, what's the verdict? I think I will add a poll to this post to find out

Here is the MIT license I am considering for my framework:

#Region MIT License Copyright 2018 Author Name
'Copyright 2018 Author Name
'
'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 BUT Not LIMITED To THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS For A PARTICULAR PURPOSE And NONINFRINGEMENT.
'IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS Or COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE For ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES Or OTHER LIABILITY,
'WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT Or OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF Or IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE
'Or THE USE Or OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
#End Region

 

[Erel]

There is no doubt that this message is not clear enough: https://www.b4x.com/android/forum/threads/important-notice-about-libraries-license.12556/#content

I think that it is a good idea to include the license as an additional text file or in the code.

 

[Gentry]

Looks like this was hashed out years ago. Hopefully this new thread will make it easier to find the reference.

So, any code posted in b4x forums without specific license defaults to CC 3.0.

Authors are encouraged to include their license in their code and provide attribution as requested in their apps. (Like in an about page).

Great. Thanks!