Licensing header for protecting the idea
<p>A student asked me which license suited best for her project, but I couldn't reply.</p>

<p>Here's what she told me:</p>

<ul>
<li>The student project was in collaboration with a brand;</li>
<li>The goal of the project was to help to brand to make new tools and to grow;</li>
<li>She didn't sign anything, no legal document, at first. But when the project was finished, her professor told the students their had to sign a document he forgot to give. This document stated the "[student] yields graciously to [the brand] every work...". She didn't sign it as is, but added that she wanted the following point;</li>
<li>All she wants is if [the brand] uses the whole project or part of it, internally or publically, they mention her name noticeably everywhere her work can be visible.</li>
</ul>

<p>Is there a license or something she can write on a <code>LICENSE</code> file, or at the top of the header of the files?</p>

<p>If the student is not performing <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Work_for_hire" rel="nofollow noreferrer">work for hire</a> (and she probably isn't) then she owns the copyright in the work. Irrespective she has a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_rights" rel="nofollow noreferrer">moral right</a> in the work - outside of the US this includes a right of attribution.</p>

<p>She can licence it however she wants. She can choose not to licence it as well.</p>

<p>Currently she holds all the cards and if the brand owner wants to use the project they will have to agree to her terms.</p>

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