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MIT is perfectly fine. Most people want something more copyleft to avoid corporate bs. I use GPLv3 to make sure my company doesn't do anything dumb. GPLv2 and MIT are fine if you just want credit.
AGPL is also cool, but I normally see it used in client/server configurations to prevent people from hiding the useful stuff under a different service.
Anything OSI approved will at least protect you from anything. The other licenses I see floating around usually get in trouble for vague language that can be interpreted in unintended ways.
Here's the big book of licenses if you feel like skimming: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html
Thx for info