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Do what the fuck you want to public license

9 pointsby henrygrewabout 11 years ago

10 comments

tptacekabout 11 years ago
Also known as the &quot;I am willing to put my house at risk to make a political point nobody cares about&quot; license:<p><a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5733050#up_5733477" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=5733050#up_5733477</a><p>If you&#x27;re impatient, skip to the part in that thread about the model railroad Java software guy.
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nfozabout 11 years ago
Use CC0 if you actually want to do this:<p><a href="http://creativecommons.org/choose/zero/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;creativecommons.org&#x2F;choose&#x2F;zero&#x2F;</a><p><a href="https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;creativecommons.org&#x2F;publicdomain&#x2F;zero&#x2F;1.0&#x2F;</a>
dpcanabout 11 years ago
3 main things bother me about this license:<p>1) The F word. I get it, lots of people don&#x27;t care, use it, etc. But it&#x27;s hard to be in a professional environment, use something that is WTFPL licensed and explain to another professional, a client, whatever, what it means. Wish there was another license that was just &quot;Do whatever you want to&quot; license.<p>2) OK, so I do whatever I want to with it. Is that &quot;permission&quot; I&#x27;ve been given? I&#x27;m not sure. But do you still own the copyright? Also, since I can do whatever I want, can I take your code, copyright it as my own and re-license it and sue you for giving it away for free?<p>3) So I can do what the F I want to with it, but is the person who licensed it now liable for any damages that may come from using it?
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LukeB_UKabout 11 years ago
Previous discussion from 23 days ago: <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7457668" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=7457668</a>
alexvrabout 11 years ago
I don&#x27;t think this is worthy of the front page. It&#x27;s not useful or clever whatsoever.
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pekkabout 11 years ago
If I do what I want to with your code, that doesn&#x27;t mean you aren&#x27;t going to sue me for doing it.
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yarrelabout 11 years ago
Also known as the bargepole license.
panonabout 11 years ago
URL Blocked<p>The URL that you are attempting to access is a potential security risk. Trend Micro OfficeScan has blocked this URL in keeping with the network security policy. URL: <a href="http://www.wtfpl.net/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.wtfpl.net&#x2F;</a> Risk Level: Dangerous Details: Verified fraud page or threat source
praeivisabout 11 years ago
Isnt dont use any license and dont put (c) more simple?
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lawnchair_larryabout 11 years ago
Nothing about this is news