“Good Luck with That” Public License

Post by Someone1234 » Wed, Jun 06, 2018, 4:01 PM UTC

_ph_ wrote: post #15

Another joke license... somewhat funny, but I dearly hope, no one considers using it for any code. If you think, your code should be thrown away, please don't spam hosts like Github with it. But if you don't want to throw away your code, and in my experience, most code has a value, then please publish it under one of the well-known licenses. I think it is one of the great features of Github, that on creation of a rep…

Post by gowld » Wed, Jun 06, 2018, 4:05 PM UTC

pattisapu wrote: post #17

rectang wrote: post #10

There's a long tradition of licenses with a rebellious spirit, either deliberately or incidentally drafted in such a way that makes them hard to interpret. Before this "GLWTPL" there was the WTFPL, the JSON license, etc. People who choose such a license should be aware that they are making downstream adoption of their product more difficult. (For some authors that is surely the point.)

How does do-whatever-you-want make adoption more difficult?

Post by gowld » Wed, Jun 06, 2018, 4:07 PM UTC

baud147258 wrote: post #30

_ph_ wrote: post #15

Another joke license... somewhat funny, but I dearly hope, no one considers using it for any code. If you think, your code should be thrown away, please don't spam hosts like Github with it. But if you don't want to throw away your code, and in my experience, most code has a value, then please publish it under one of the well-known licenses. I think it is one of the great features of Github, that on creation of a rep…

> [Github] offers you to attach one of the well-known licenses to your project Is this recent? I can't remember being able to do it last time I created a project, which was a few years ago.

Post by DannyB2 » Wed, Jun 06, 2018, 4:11 PM UTC

nkrisc wrote: post #11

lolc wrote: post #7

> F*CK Either you say fuck or you don't.

Maybe it's to bypass dumb corporate dirty word filters.

Post by samber » Wed, Jun 06, 2018, 4:18 PM UTC