I have a side project in data management that I have worked on for years (https://www.Didgets.com) and it is finally reached the point where it is an MVP with real value. I have considered adopting an open source license for it, but there are so many to choose from (I read somewhere that there are over 100 accepted kinds of OSS licenses).

Stories like this one make me nervous about choosing the wrong one. Once you let the genie out of the bottle, there is no putting it back in. You can change the license for future versions, but some big company has the right to fork your code at that point and bury you with their superior resources.

How do you choose a good license without shooting yourself in the foot?