Tips on picking right OSS license

Open source licenses cater to different software needs so companies need to understand purpose of software and monetization plans, among other considerations, to determine which license to use, insiders note. (read the article by Kevin Kwang from ZDNet Asia here)

Based on the author, there are 5 main elements in selecting the OSS license:
1. Free to innovate / distribute
2. Opportunity to generate profit
3. Support from community
4. The engineers / developers behind
5. Clear SDL process

From my perspective, as developers and also researcher, the most important shall be community supports and the engineers behind it. It become more important when dealing with software that can be used as malware or possibly to be exploited such as web server and database. You need to understand all this before decide on which OSS suites you. :)