Which licence to release code under?

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I have some open source code I want to release but I don't want to read through a load of licenses, so for those that already know them, I want one which have the following:

- they can use it for whatever they want in whatever software they want
- copyright/license must remain intact on the source code

and if possible:

- any copyright/release notes must include my license/copyright

Thanks.
 
Just remembered, I used someone elses code in my software which has the following licence:

Copyright (c) 2010 Someones name

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished
to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED,
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT
HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION
OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

What do I have to do to adhere to this licence? When I upload my code so I simply append the licence to the top of all the classes that are from this licensed software?

Do I have to include anything with my actual software itself?
 
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