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1. Jeremy Allison

   In case you're ever tempted to use a "funny" FLOSS license for your code. http://ur1.ca/86q8j

   
   about 3 months ago from web at Mountain View, California, United States
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     Kevin Granade

     @jra So it's the Free Software equivalent of CC-BY-NC then? #onlypartiallyjoking

     about 3 months ago
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     Evan Prodromou

     WTFPL is approved by FSF and Debian; rejected by OSI as redundant. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WTFPL

     about 3 months ago
   • Space Hobo Evan Prodromou

     @evan FSF and Debian ask "is it #free?" OSI asks "is it a #worthwhile #free license?"

     about 3 months ago
   • Space Hobo Evan Prodromou

     @evan #WTFPL has always been a pretty weak #free license

     about 3 months ago
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     Evan Prodromou Space Hobo

     Yeah, @jra is right; it's _mostly_ a joke license. But it is in use. I would recommend Apache 2.0 for liberal license, CC0 for PD-like.

     about 3 months ago
   • Samuel Clemens Rewtapello Evan Prodromou

     @evan One of the virtues of #WTFPL is it's short, unlike Apache 2.0 or CC0. Of course, WTFPLv3 is nearly BSD-length...

     about 3 months ago
   • Space Hobo Samuel Clemens Rewtapello

     @screwtape The shortness is also its downfall, rather than the four-letter word.

     about 3 months ago
   • Samuel Clemens Rewtapello Space Hobo

     @spacehobo Shortness is not itself a vice; perhaps you mean 'non-comprehensiveness' or something?

     about 3 months ago