My usual rule is this:

If you want it copyleft, GPLv2
If you don't want it copyleft, BSD

Since you're asking on the OpenBSD mailing list, most people will recommend
the license OpenBSD is using

On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 7:41 AM, Reyk Floeter <r...@openbsd.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> the license is your choice ;-)
>
> But we use ISC for new code in OpenBSD and I also use for all other open
> source code these days.
>
> See:
> http://cvsweb.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/share/misc/
> license.template?rev=1.3&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup
>
> http://www.openbsd.org/goals.html
>
> And:
> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISC_license
>
> Note that the mentioned Atheros drivers in the Linux kernel are
> ISC-licensed because they were derived from my ar5k drivers in OpenBSD.
> Long time ago.
>
> http://linuxwireless.org/en/users/Drivers/Atheros/#Licensing
>
> Reyk
>
> > Am 04.08.2017 um 05:11 schrieb Siju George <sgeorge...@gmail.com>:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a git repo
> >
> > https://github.com/sgeorge
> >
> > where I populate mainly contents about docker.
> >
> > I want this information to be available to all without discrimination.
> >
> > Which is the best licence I can give them?
> >
> > BSD or ISC or MIT or any other?
> >
> > Heard Reyk is not using BSD licence for his drivers but ISC
> >
> > Thus the confusion in my mind.
> >
> > Please advise
> >
> > Thank you :-)
> >
> > Siju Oommen George
> >
> >
>

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