Revised License Committee Report for March 2009

Russ Nelson nelson at crynwr.com
Sat Mar 14 13:13:25 UTC 2009


wtfpl user writes:
 > This is patently not true. A *license* is never equivalent to a dedication
 > to the public domain. The "Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License"
 > licensors don't dedicate software to the public domain. For example, imagine
 > that you may want to ask the authors of the "Do What The Fuck You Want To
 > Public License" works for a copyright license not titled with the word
 > "Fuck"... and you'll get it! (For the extra price.)

Huh?  But I fucking want to relicense the software under a fucking
different fucking license, fuck.  So I bloody fucking well, and
there's not a fucking thing you can do about it, because you've
fucking given me fucking permission to do it, because I fucking
want to, fuck.

 > How is that not "Open Source"?

Because it's fucking obviously fucking stupid, you fucking fucker.

 > Please approve the license.

Fuck off and die.  If you don't think that's an appropriate thing to
say, then I think your license doesn't have an appropriate thing to
say.  Sheesh.  Come back with a serious license that might be
enforcible in a court of law.

Pay me $10 and I'll rewrite this fucking email without the word fuck
in it.  No, make that $100.  $10 won't buy you enough wisdom.

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