Re: [libreplanet-discuss] WTFPL Worse License Ever?

[Aaron Wolf]

On 12/18/2015 06:52 AM, Mark Holmquist wrote:
> On 12/18/2015 05:39 AM, Julien Kyou wrote:
>> This pisses me off "Choose Freedom." "Probably the best license out
>> there"
>>
>>  >Copyright (C) 2004 Sam Hocevar <sam@hocevar.net>
>>  >
>>  >Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim or modified
>> copies of this license document, and changing it is allowed as long as
>> the name is changed.
>>  >
>>  >>meaning only this document not the licensed materials
>>  >
>>  >DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE TERMS AND >CONDITIONS FOR
>> COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
>>  >
>>  >0. You just DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO.
>>  >>so basically closing the source is ok?
>>  >
>>
>> wtfpl.net <http://wtfpl.net>
>>
>> I just learned of the existence of this licenses 30 minutes ago, so
>> sorry if its not news.
> 
> What's bad about the WTFPL?
> 

What's bad is the way http://wtfpl.net describes it and is sorta
anti-copyleft. Also bad about WTFPL is the lack of legal respect or
something, but overall it's no worse than any other highly-compatible
permissive license.

-- 
Aaron Wolf
co-founder, Snowdrift.coop
music teacher, wolftune.com