The license is the best thing about this, hands down. It's even more offensive to GPL evangelists than public domain and closed source licenses put together. Hooray Anarchy!
(I still prefer BSD or MIT for myself though)
(I still prefer BSD or MIT for myself though)
And no, I don't know what planet you live in, but it's not offensive to GPL evangelists (especially not more than proprietary licenses).
In fact, the big irony is that the FSF both approves the WTFPL and considers it GPL-compatible, [1] but the OSI rejects it entirely! [2]
The GPL evangelists have the upper hand here.
I was being facetious; it was a good-natured stab at Gnu folks, not meant to be offensive and certainly not serious. I know having a sense of humor is forbidden on HN but I can afford a few points for a silly joke every now and then. I still find the WTFPL itself hilarious in a good way. :-)
As 'good-natured stabs' go, it's pretty low-quality.
"Hooray Anarchy!" was in direct reference to the text of the license itself, specifically "0. You just DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO.", which is quite anarchic, if you didn't notice.
> I made no change in the intent of your words.
I'll grant that perhaps you truly did not catch my meaning (as explained above); regardless you did indeed paraphrase me not once but twice, to satisfy your need to call me out. Your perception of a hateful slur on my part is just that, perceived and not actual.
> As 'good-natured stabs' go, it's pretty low-quality.
Indeed, I never said it was a good joke. :-)
And now the poor horse is nothing but a bloody pile of meat. Satisfied?
> Your perception of a hateful slur on my part
Speaking of 'creating false arguments', where did I say (or imply) 'hateful slur'? Why do you get to paraphrase me and at the same time object to being paraphrased?
My point is that you take joy in something being offensive, then don't own that. It wasn't meant to devolve into all this, but you seem to not be getting my point just as you think I haven't gotten yours.
> And now the poor horse is nothing but a bloody pile of meat. Satisfied?
Well, we each beat a side of the poor thing :)
Disclaimers of implied warranties, e.g. warranty of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, need to be explicitly, and "conspicuously" disclaimed.
Apparently the legal profession has decided that means in ALL CAPS.
http://www.shakelaw.com/blog/why-is-your-contract-yelling-at...
[1]: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/joshleaves/licenjs/4174e04...
[2]: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/matildah/SPL/fb35894f14be4...
The license is obviously a bit tongue in cheek, but it's no different than a public domain license to GPL evangelists, other than being less legally rigorous.
I don't get your comment at all. For the life of me I can't understand why you use the word offensive or why you seem to delight in this license so much.
If you actually want to offend the GPL enthusiasts, may I recommend the "Anyone but Richard Stallman License" (https://github.com/landondyer/kasm/blob/04ef65a38f72636b9925...) as a much better alternative.