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Consider changing license to MIT or Apache 2.0 #7

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dandv opened this issue Jan 30, 2019 · 3 comments
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Consider changing license to MIT or Apache 2.0 #7

dandv opened this issue Jan 30, 2019 · 3 comments

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dandv commented Jan 30, 2019

Certain corporate environments disallow using WTFPL-licensed software for legal reasons.

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mrbar42 commented Feb 6, 2019

Could you explain how is that possible?
WTFPL is very close to no-license, what would be the reason for disliking WTFPL?

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dandv commented Feb 6, 2019

I'm not a lawyer, but I work at Google, and due to legal reasons above my paygrade, we cannot use WTFPL software, and for Public domain, a legal review is required.

For WTFPL, the reasons are:

This license has a large number of issues (lack of warranty disclaimer, very vague rights grant), and was also rejected as an open source license by OSI. We also do not allow contribution to projects under WTFPL.

mrbar42 added a commit that referenced this issue Feb 8, 2019
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mrbar42 commented Feb 8, 2019

looked into this to your request.
Even though I perceive WTFPL as everything-is-allowed, it looks like some people find negativity in it to the point of calling it "offensive".
Also didn't really considered the legal implications it might have for organisations but i'll take your word that it could be problematic.

I see no reason why MIT wouldn't satisfy my agenda just as good - changed in #9

Thanks for this.

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