Hey Guys, I have an .stl file...no surprise there,

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Hey Guys,
I have an .stl file…no surprise there, but I wish to ensure it remains ‘open’ , free to use, as it were un-patentable by say the devils of the multicorp.
a. is it covered in any way automatically?
b. could it be covered by GNU license?
c. does it matter as it would be on the internet before grubby mittens got hold of it?

any other ideas to propagate a simple ‘building block’ design into the ether so peeps can print and play?

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Put it on github with the source used to create the .STL and include a LICENSE file.

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where/how do I get a licence file @ThantiK

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It is a file named LICENSE or LICENSE.md

If you need pre-made license rules, you could use something from Creative Commons.

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SO :
1 drop stl file into GitHub
2 create licence using creative commons template
3 drop that into GitHub
4 pimp it far and wide?

This kind of code workings is new to me so have to be clear about each step as I go…cheers for the help

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@Casper_Macindoe that’s the gist of it. Just find a license that fits what you want to use, and copy-pasta it into a file named LICENSE and push it to github.

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@Casper_Macindoe , if you have done it already that is cool, but choosing a license is reasonably important. some licenses are a bit over too strict, some times too loose. it really depends on your goals for the product. for most peoples projects any old open source license agreement would be enough, but if you are trying to get people to actually use your part, choose wisely.