Research Software Licensing Guide
Publish your scripts & software with the correct incantation to make it re-usable.
Harald von Waldow 
Centre for Information Management,
Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute
This is an overview of licensing options for software. The focus lies on code that is developed for and used in research and that should be made available free of charge to other researchers and the general public.
Disclaimer
In case programmer(s), group leader, collaborators or your institution consider to commercially exploit the software or have other needs, such as sharing the software with a specific academic partner only, please stop here and seek advice from your legal department.
If you create computer programs in the course of an employment relationship, your employer has far-reaching rights with regard to the dissemination and use of these programs.