WTFPL
Supposedly not a copyleft licence [0], but it's certainly the most libre in
my book.
Original licences provided in this README as initially distributed by original author. Templatised copies are available in the respective version folders.
Version 1 (March '00)
do What The Fuck you want to Public License
Version 1.0, March 2000
Copyright (C) 2000 Banlu Kemiyatorn (]d).
136 Nives 7 Jangwattana 14 Laksi Bangkok
Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim copies
of this license document, but changing it is not allowed.
Ok, the purpose of this license is simple
and you just
DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO.
Summary:
- Header
- Version, date of licence version
- Copyright, year, name (alias?)
- Contact info
- Licence terms
- Summary of license terms
Version 2 (Dec '04)
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.
Summary:
- Centred header
- Centred version & date of licence version
- Copyright info, year, name, contact info
- Licence terms
- Numbered summary of licence terms
Version 3
Version 3 has two different ones by different authors. Given that the 2010
edition didn't gain much traction until 2019, it's unlikely that theiostream
would have known about Kris Craig's edits.
(May '10)
DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 3, May 2010
Copyright (C) 2010 by Kris Craig
Olympia, WA USA
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.
This license applies to any copyrightable work with which it is
packaged and/or distributed, except works that are already covered by
another license. Any other license that applies to the same work
shall take precedence over this one.
To the extent permitted by applicable law, the works covered by this
license are provided "as is" and do not come with any warranty except
where otherwise explicitly stated.
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.
Summary:
- Adds clauses re:
- Licence coverage over copyrightable materials that are not currently covered by another licence
- Other licences in use take precedence
- The works covered by the licence are provided "as-is", and without warranty except where explicity stated
(Mar '12)
DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 3, March 2012
by Sam Hocevar <sam@hocevar.net>
theiostream <matoe@matoe.co.cc>
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.
Summary:
- Centred header
- Centred version & date of licence version
Version 4 (Jul '19)
DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENCE
Version 4.0, July 2019
[by|copy{left|right}] [year] [author] [<contact>]
DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENCE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION, AND MODIFICATION
0. You just DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO.
My recommendation is to just do what the fuck you want to. Copy it, change 'em
back to license, increase the version number, convert spaces to tabs,
whatever dude.
Then you can place this snippet throughout your code files to reference your reverence for their ability to do whatever-the-fuck they want:
# This project is libre, and licenced under the terms of the
# DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENCE, version 4.0,
# as published by dtf, July 2019. See the COPYING file or
# https://github.com/dtf0/wtfpl for more details.
Summary:
- Change instances of
license->licence - Clarify that the project is libre
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