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Re:TikTok streaming software is an illegal fork of OBS by SavantIdiot on Friday December 17, 2021 @12:11PM (#29595056)
There are subtleties not captured by this quick overview which are not fully understood by (in my experience) the vast majority of programmers:

https://choosealicense.com/licenses/

If your project is going to be "real" (e.g., not some personal throwaway), you really need a lawyer if you are including anything other than MIT. Even Apache can be problematic when it comes to patenting.

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Re:TikTok streaming software is an illegal fork of OBS by gus_massa on Friday December 17, 2021 @12:20PM (#29595174)
What about BSD?
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Re:TikTok streaming software is an illegal fork of OBS by krylon on Friday December 17, 2021 @01:09PM (#29595881)
I am not a lawyer, but the (2-clause) BSD and MIT licenses look nearly identical to me. The wording is slightly different, but I think they express the same intent.
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