Revised License Committee Report for March 2009

[Dag-Erling Smørgrav]

wtfpl user <wtfpl.user at googlemail.com> writes:
> Dag-Erling Smørgrav <des at des.no> writes:
> > It's not a license.
> It is a license, extremely permissive one.

Saying it's a license doesn't make it so.

I suggest you talk to an IP lawyer.

> /* This program is free software. It comes without any warranty, to
>  * the extent permitted by applicable law. You can redistribute it
>  * and/or modify it under the terms of the Do What The Fuck You Want
>  * To Public License, Version 2, as published by Sam Hocevar. See
>  * http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/COPYING for more details. */

Then *that* is the license, or rather, the combination of the WTFPL with
that statement.

> Fair License is more restrictive than WTFPL. Fair License includes a
> covenant to retain "this instrument" (Fair License) "so that any
> entity that uses the works is notified of this instrument." It is
> possible for a licensee to breach Fair License while it is impossible
> for a licensee to breach WTFPL. WFTPL is more permissive than Fair
> License.

So use the zlib/libpng license.

DES
-- 
Dag-Erling Smørgrav - des at des.no