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How does do-whatever-you-want make adoption more difficult?
by pattisapu 8y ago
How does do-whatever-you-want make adoption more difficult?
- oconnor663 8y agoSerious answer: Most companies big enough to care about this sort of thing have a list of approved open source licenses, which their lawyers have read and decided they're ok with. Using a license not on that list means you need to talk to the lawyers. That usually takes a few days of back and forth emails.
- greglindahl 8y agoAs an example, WTFPL is on IBM's list of acceptable open-source licenses.
- lozenge 8y agoIf the license isn't on a pre-approved list I have to send it to the in house legal team. Good Luck With That!!
- rectang 8y agoComplying with the letter of an ambiguously drafted license is quite challenging, but it's important if you are an entity with a lot of assets and thus a plump target for a lawsuit. The JSON license has made a lot of lawyers a lot of money.
- gowld 8y agoThe licenses aren't "do-whatever-you-want". They have jokes in them that are legally confounding.