Use CC0 as license

Each information published should take a license to clearly state what is allowed and what not.

• The template should be usable freely.

• The license should be an accepted one at least in the European Union and the US.

Considered Options

• CC0

• MIT

• GPL

Decision Outcome

Chosen option: CC0, because comes out best (see below).

Pros and Cons of the Options

CC0

• Good, because allows the user to do anything

• Bad, because the license text is long

• Bad, because not as well-known as MIT, GPL

MIT

• Good, because well-known

• Bad, because more a code license than a license for text

GPL

• Good, because well-known

• Bad, because forces the user of the template to make available his text under GPL, too. A long reasoning regarding this statement is done at: https://opensource.stackexchange.com/a/4206/5671