WTFPL
| Author | Sam Hocevar |
|---|---|
| Latest version | 2 |
| Publisher | Sam Hocevar |
| Published | 2004 |
| SPDX identifier | WTFPL |
| Debian FSG compatible | Yes |
| FSF approved | Yes[1] |
| OSI approved | No[2] |
| GPL compatible | Yes [1] |
| Copyleft | No [1] |
| Linking from code with a different licence | Yes |
| Website | www |
The WTFPL (Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License) is an extremely permissive way of licensing intellectual property rights, most commonly used as a permissive free software license. It is essentially no different from dedication to the public domain.[2] The original Version 1.0 license, released March 2000,[4] was written by Banlu Kemiyatorn who used it for Window Maker artwork.[5] Sam Hocevar, a French programmer who was the Debian project leader from 17 April 2007 to 16 April 2008, wrote version 2.0.[6] It allows for redistribution and modification of the software under any terms—licensees are encouraged to "do what the fuck [they] want to". The license was approved as a GPL-compatible free software license by the Free Software Foundation.[1]
Terms
The text of the license[6]:
DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 2, December 2004
Copyright (C) 2004 Sam Hocevar <sam@hocevar.net>
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim or modified
copies of this license document, and changing it is allowed as long
as the name is changed.
DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION
0. You just DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO.
Uses
The WTFPL is rarely used, at least by name, but some software has been released under it. The license can also be applied to artwork and written material.[6] Freecode, an index of free software, includes a specific category for WTFPL software and artwork, containing 31 entries as of June 2012[update],[7] of which two are authored by Sam Hocevar, the author of version 2.0 of the license. Potlatch, the online editor of the OpenStreetMap project, is released under the WTFPL.[8] 762 Studios libsst and ZSTL are both released under the WTFPL v2.0.[9] More recently, 0bin, a client side encrypted pastebin, has been using it too.[10]
List of Software Using WTFPL
- org.reflections, a Java runtime metadata analysis, in the spirit of Scannotations. [11]
- BackMaid, a small PHP CLI script to clean out old backup files. Can also be used to get stats on your backup files.[12]
- Bones, a minimalist HTML 5 Starter Theme for WordPress Developers.[13]
- Servus Theme Boilerplate, the theme template system for Servus (formerly Droplings), a DropBox sharing app for OSX.[14]
- Eclipse Dock Icons on Mac OS X, an Eclipse plugin to show the workspace name as an OS X icon badge.[15]
- iD, a web-based editor for OpenStreetMap.[16]
- Minecraft PHP Client 2, a Pure-PHP implementation of the Minecraft protocol.[17]
- The NERD Tree, a highly rated VIM script.
See also
References
- ^ a b c d "Licenses - Free Software Foundation". Free Software Foundation.
- ^ a b "OSI Board Meeting Minutes, Wednesday, March 4, 2009".
- ^ Certified Copyfree Licenses
- ^ Version 1.0 license
- ^ Window Maker WTFPL
- ^ a b c Sam Hocevar. "WTFPL 2.0".
- ^ "Projects tagged "WTFPL"". freecode.com. Retrieved 2012-01-03.
- ^ "Potlatch 2 LICENCE.txt". Retrieved 2012-01-16.
- ^ "762 Studios libsst and ZSTL". Retrieved 2012-05-01.
- ^ "0bin, a client side encrypted pastebin". Retrieved 2012-05-22.
- ^ "reflections hosted at code.google.com". Retrieved 2012-11-29.
- ^ "BackMaid hosted at GitHub". Retrieved 2012-10-12.
- ^ "Bones HTML 5 WordPress Starter Theme". Retrieved 2012-09-25.
- ^ "Servus Theme Boilerplate". Retrieved 2012-09-25.
- ^ "Eclipse Dock Icons on Mac OS X". Retrieved 2012-09-28.
- ^ "iD readme file". Retrieved 15 October 2012.
- ^ "Minecraft PHP Client 2 at GitHub". Retrieved 3 November 2012.