There is some sort of perverse pleasure in knowing that it's basically impossible to send a piece of hate mail through the Internet without its being touched by a gay program. That's kind of funny.
— Eric Paul Allman, the author of
sendmail
The +LGBT License is a license modifier that requires the inclusion of the word "LGBT" in the LICENSE file.
The inclusion of the word "LGBT" in a LICENSE file that must be distributed with the software might result in following:
- The software will not be used or hosted by authoritarian countries that either promote, or deliberately take part in basic human rights violation
- The software will not be used or hosted by compromised individuals or organizations that either promote, or deliberately take part in basic human rights violation
Include the following text in any compatible LICENSE file:
The above copyright notice, this permission notice and the word "LGBT" shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
Q: Why LGBT, not LGBTQIA+?
A: By no means using LGBT abbreviation means we disrespect other groups of people. It's just the LGBT word is short enough to serve the intended purpose.
Q: Where can I find examples?
A: Here you go! Please feel free to contribute more examples, I might require some serious legal advisory.
Q: The text of this memo looks suspiciously similar to that of some other website.
A: You're right, I took inspiration from there. However, I'll leave the reclaiming of the offensive word to those wanting to do so.
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