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241 points solcloud | 1 comments | 22 Oct 24 16:27 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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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{3}[source]▶
this may be what you're looking for

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

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wyldfire ◴[22 Oct 24 19:13 UTC] No.41917625{4}[source]▶
Don't use that license, use something similar like MIT, BSD or Apache instead.
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kurisufag ◴[22 Oct 24 19:48 UTC] No.41917987{5}[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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1. poizan42 ◴[22 Oct 24 21:01 UTC] No.41918662{6}[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.