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Ask HN: How to open source the code but not the branding?

5 pointsby new_hackersalmost 8 years ago
I have a website that I am building for a &quot;personal side project that may someday make money&quot;. I have the code for the website on Github, because right now there isn&#x27;t that anything groundbreaking or new about the website code.<p>I want to license it to be as permissible as possible (I usually do MIT), but I do not want to somehow give away the &quot;branding&quot; of the name. I own the domain name.<p>How do I license the site code as &quot;free to use and change for your own use as long as you don&#x27;t attempt to impersonate the original owner&quot;?

2 comments

0942v8653almost 8 years ago
I believe the Apache license is what you want (so long as you trademark the branding).
grizzlesalmost 8 years ago
File a trademark application. It&#x27;s a couple hundred bucks.