Without an explicit license grant, you're not allowed to use copyrighted works for any purpose (modulo fair use). There's no reason to assume a license is lice

Without an explicit license grant, you're not allowed to use copyrighted works for any purpose (modulo fair use). There's no reason to assume a license is licensed according to itself; most licenses aren't. Without an explicit license grant, you wouldn't be allowed to use the license for any reason. In this case, it's unencumbered: > I hereby abandon all rights and claims and release the text of the Spite License into the public domain.