Based on my own research I've generally opted for the MIT License, but I'm wondering if others with more experience with the legal side of OpenSource can offer some clarification regarding this MIT vs other licenses.
In terms of word count, I'm sure the MIT License is one of the lowest. But if you're looking in terms of total legal overheard, you may want to consider that a more modern license crafted by a legal team could possibly be better tuned for the laws than a license with a smaller word count. IANAL.
The Unlicense - <a href="http://unlicense.org" rel="nofollow">http://unlicense.org</a>. Put your software into the public domain, forget about all legal complexity. And this way people can reuse your code in the most hassle-free way possible.<p>Also, keep in mind - no matter which software license you choose, your code will go into the public domain eventually.