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I love this, but it has some of the same problems as unlicense and WTFPL. there are legal jurisdictions that do not recognize "public domain" and many people wh
by fargle 4y ago
I love this, but it has some of the same problems as unlicense and WTFPL. there are legal jurisdictions that do not recognize "public domain" and many people who then cannot safely handle this situation.
If you want people to be able to conveniently and confidently use the software to in a maximally open way, then it should have a 0BSD/2BSD license as a backstop. You can always include a blessing on top.
WTFPL and unlicense work against being fully open, and i suspect it's a mix of tongue-in-cheek and guerilla anti-copyright (e.g. if you believe in copyright law you can't use this hahahah). Both being commendable, but you're gatekeeping what should be free too then and also creating practical problems for sane, regular people who just want to legally use your awesome thing.
- adastra22 4y agoI don’t use any of those because I understand the law and how the use of copyright and licenses are a good thing, compared to these alternatives. But I respect that if you’re going to go the route of no copyright / no license, at least SQLite owns it.
- fargle 4y agoagree! I think it's one of those things where it shouldn't be emulated, but yes they owned it.