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

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14722871
by new_hackers • 9 years ago
5 2 9 years ago

I have a website that I am building for a "personal side project that may someday make money". I have the code for the website on Github, because right now there isn't that anything groundbreaking or new about the website code.

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 "branding" of the name. I own the domain name.

How do I license the site code as "free to use and change for your own use as long as you don't attempt to impersonate the original owner"?

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