Protecing Code and Licencing

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Published on 2010-05-07T07:22:32Z Indexed on 2010/05/07 7:28 UTC
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Hi, I have been creating a cross browser compatible ( >= ie 6 + standards complaint browsers ) Online Instant Messenger

What I would like to know is what licensing would I need to protect my code? how would i go about getting a license and where from?

My code is in PHP, and jQuery.

Regards,

Phil

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