Comment by TrianguloY

Is there a license that only requires mentioning? Like exactly CC-BY but for code?

I'm in a similar position as the post. I make scripts and tools that I want to share online for anyone to use. I would like to allow everyone unrestricted access to it, but only if there is a mention and a link to the original page in a user-visible place.

You want to use the tool? Go on, but mention me as the author. You want to modify the tool privately for your own purposes and use it on your company? Go on, but mention me as the original author. You want to take the tool, include ads, and sell it? Go on, but mention me as the author.

This is due to past experiences with people taking my scripts and just reuploading saying they made it. I only want to be credited as the original author, that's it (and for the third example, the ad-filled copy, my idea is that if you get money from my work that's...ok, but only if you let people know where you got it to (so they can decide if they prefer the free original or yours).

MIT only requires to keep the license file, but from my understanding it's just a file that users may not even see. GPL (and AGPL) requires you to share your modifications, which is a restriction I don't really care.

CC-BY is the closest to it (in fact I think is exactly what I'm asking for) but for some reason it is not advised to be used on code...