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MIT/Apache/BSD can all be used in 'commercial/proprietary' code, and do not force you to released to the world or anyone else. You may have to say that you utilize their code, but you certainly don't have to release it to the world unless you want to.

The GPL has some requirements, and you need to be more careful with it.

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Any advice on how I should consider dual-licences? For example, I use the DataTables jQuery plugin. I would be willing to pay for a licence but I have no idea how to interpret their disclaimer:

>DataTables is dual licensed under the GPL v2 license or a BSD (3-point) license.

Does this mean I pick one to use? I'm having a hard time accepting/realizing that there is one product with my choice in licences.

Yes, this means you can pick the BSD license.

Yes, you get to pick one. And no, you don't have to notify anyone, or do anything else than that. You pick the license of your choice, and use the plugin according to that license.

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