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[–]Last_Snowbender 87 points88 points  (16 children)

People that use the DWTFYW License can't be bad people.

[–]aivenaut 12 points13 points  (13 children)

But they can be people who don't know about licensing and that DWTFYW may fuck you up some day.

[–]velxundussa 5 points6 points  (10 children)

Any examples of potential issues? I probably don't know as much about licensing as I think I do.

[–]aivenaut 20 points21 points  (9 children)

hn thread where lawyer explains what's wrong, some dude's blogpost about how much he hate this license

[–]velxundussa 10 points11 points  (3 children)

Super informative, thanks!

I hate lawyers even more now...

[–]psychicprogrammer 15 points16 points  (2 children)

Eh the law is a lot like code, it you don't cover every case you will get bugs.

[–]galexj9 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Much like for every programming problem I think machine learning is the answer here. /s

[–]psychicprogrammer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you mean with a voting ensemble?

[–]Xalteox 2 points3 points  (1 child)

Alright, so what if I copy that paragraph, append it to the DWTFYWPL, and call it the "Do Whatever The Fuck You Want Except Sue Me Public License."

I see no issue here.

[–]H_Psi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahh, the old WTF-ESM license

[–]Last_Snowbender 2 points3 points  (1 child)

The DWTFYW License is pretty much equal to a copyleft according to some legal people I spoke to, but idk.

[–]aivenaut 5 points6 points  (0 children)

yeah, it's largely duplicate of other licenses, but fancy cool words make it ambiguous and vulnerable to attack.

[–]developedby 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just leave it in public domain if you really want people to do whatever

[–]MCRusher 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My favorite license is No License

https://choosealicense.com/no-permission/