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238 points solcloud | 6 comments | 22 Oct 24 16:27 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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josephcsible ◴[22 Oct 24 16:46 UTC] No.41916141[source]▶
Can you add a license file?
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solcloud ◴[22 Oct 24 17:41 UTC] No.41916703[source]▶
I guess I can, but I am not a lawyer and I don't really want to go on date with Gaben and his lawyers (date with Gabe, gooseman and Jess is ok for me), but if you have any suggestions please share
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solcloud ◴[22 Oct 24 17:41 UTC] No.41916709[source]▶
source code is all written from scratch and it is free for anybody
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kurisufag ◴[22 Oct 24 18:26 UTC] No.41917184[source]▶
this may be what you're looking for

http://www.wtfpl.net/about/

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1. wyldfire ◴[22 Oct 24 19:13 UTC] No.41917625{3}[source]▶
Don't use that license, use something similar like MIT, BSD or Apache instead.
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2. kurisufag ◴[22 Oct 24 19:48 UTC] No.41917987[source]▶
would you mind pointing out why?

those are very dissimilar licenses in the sense that wtfpl is basically a cute way of putting something into the public domain, while MIT et. al. do actually have (albeit minor and reasonable) restrictions on the conduct of people using the code.

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3. dokyun ◴[22 Oct 24 20:20 UTC] No.41918264[source]▶
WTFPL is a fine license. It's even FSF approved.
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4. josephcsible ◴[22 Oct 24 20:43 UTC] No.41918502[source]▶
The FSF certifies that it's a free software license that's compatible with the GPL, but they recommend against using it: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#WTFPL
5. poizan42 ◴[22 Oct 24 21:01 UTC] No.41918662[source]▶
There is no disclaimer of liability and implied warranty. You may be on the hook for damages if someone uses your code under the WTFPL and there is a bug that causes them to lose money.
6. leni536 ◴[22 Oct 24 22:41 UTC] No.41919459[source]▶
You can use zero-clause BSD[1] or MIT no-attribution[2].

[1] https://opensource.org/license/0bsd

[2] https://opensource.org/license/mit-0