Generate LICENSE files from templates (MIT, Apache 2.0, GPL, BSD) with project and author details.
License File Generator prepares repository-ready LICENSE text from a selected MIT, Apache License 2.0, GPL, or BSD template. You provide identifying details such as the project and author, and the generator places them into the template's applicable fields while preserving the selected license text. The important distinction is that generating a file does not choose the right license for you. Similar license families can have materially different versions, conditions, patent terms, and redistribution requirements, so confirm the exact template before publishing the result.
Choose the named license template and enter the requested project and author information. The generator uses those values where the template calls for identifying or copyright information. License provisions are supplied by the chosen template rather than composed from the project description. Because names and ownership are not necessarily identical, enter the person or organization that should actually appear in the notice.
Read the complete generated text before using it, paying particular attention to the license name, version, copyright holder, and any remaining placeholder markers. The resulting text is intended for a LICENSE file, commonly placed at a repository's top level. Generating that file does not automatically add notices to source files, package metadata, documentation, or distributed copies where separate notices may be needed.
No. It formats the template you select; it does not evaluate your distribution model, contributor agreements, dependencies, patent concerns, or desired copyleft obligations. Compare the exact licenses and obtain appropriate legal advice when the choice has significant consequences. The generator is useful after that decision, not as a substitute for making it.
You can correct project, author, copyright, and other intended template fields. Changing the license's substantive conditions is different: the result may no longer be the recognized MIT, Apache, GPL, or BSD license named by the template. If custom terms are required, do not present the modified document as an unchanged standard license without careful review.
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