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I use the WTFPL too since it is the most free license and easiest license to understand. It also deals with the non-issue - but common complaint - that "public
by droithomme 13y ago
I use the WTFPL too since it is the most free license and easiest license to understand. It also deals with the non-issue - but common complaint - that "public domain" does not exist in some backwoods third world jurisdictions.
I also use the zlib license which is very similar to WTFPL. It has restrictions against misrepresentation of origin, which in practice only affects plagiarists, so isn't a substantial limitation. An advantage of the zlib license over the WTFPL is that it can be used in "professional corporate" environments where suits have a hissy fit if they see the letters "WTF" in a license, saying that any use of that term is in some way immoral, while conveniently ignoring the fact that they personally are secretly cheating on their spouse, engaging in insider trading, embezzling, looking at donkey porn, and drowning kittens in their spare time at their palatial estate.
http://www.gzip.org/zlib/zlib_license.html http://www.gzip.org/zlib/zlib_license.html
These two licenses are the ones that preserve actual freedom, unlike certain others that propaganda artists often apply the word "freedom" to, using a definition that exists only in their own imagination and is not consistent with the commonly accepted understanding of the word. These licenses are also comprehensible and far less ambiguous than certain other licenses as well. The zlib and WTFPL licenses are good and useful licenses that are worth consideration by any developers looking to license their code in a way that maintains as much freedom as possible.