WTFPL presents an unnecessary barrier to Free Software adoption. For this unnecessary barrior, it makes no contribution to Free Software. It excludes people who people bound by workplace standards, living accommodations (such as provided by educational institutions), computer use accommodations (such as puplic terminals, which are the _only_ option for some), morals, good taste, minors (who's FSF contributions should never be dismissed and who's guardians cannot be ignored, legally or ethically), or even local laws. It borders on discrimination. It should not be included in Free Software. No FSF resources should be waisted on it. On Dec 22, 2015 9:25 AM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Send libreplanet-discuss mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of libreplanet-discuss digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: WTFPL Worse License Ever? (Alexander Berntsen) > 2. Re: WTFPL Worse License Ever? (Yoni Rabkin) > 3. Re: WTFPL Worse License Ever? (John Sullivan) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2015 20:25:22 +0100 > From: Alexander Berntsen <[email protected]> > To: Yoni Rabkin <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [libreplanet-discuss] WTFPL Worse License Ever? > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA512 > > On 21/12/15 16:54, Yoni Rabkin wrote: > > But as I said before, try to (as I have) to explain these jokes at > > your company to a room of people who are hostile and/or ignorant > > of free software and the joke loses its shine really fast. > Fuck those people. > > > Moreover, people from the free software community who want to use > > software licensed under a joke license have to stop short and > > start searching around to see if it is even a valid license. So > > this joke ends up taking up people's time and effort. Finally, > > license proliferation is a real problem: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/License_proliferation > It was never meant to be used for any actually useful software. If > someone use a joke licence for their proper software, that's on them. > The joke is still funny. > - -- > Alexander > [email protected] > https://secure.plaimi.net/~alexander > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v2 > > iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJWeFIgAAoJENQqWdRUGk8B/SkP/2cWAp3yuN/iEYlNRpk68g65 > oQljDcxytgwS2rbAIHEAR/osiVFs58wT6nmaJ9HmkwfG6AebdXK8Vi3EeYC7HHUf > VzXa4kZS/cYvMoxm0qN8obCSQJgxgfACmPfDjN0MNKX5fMTPSygJ3H8k9IqPqQCQ > vAN0+1A9S6H7D9HkmRTbQRVyPWWVuMRrgr+rqN/rSAuQh9A6vrix5UEy3AzP++0u > J8HDOXI2YTWHBhB4x/67XisMKrtmkqz6NsjRMvGizRs3qKNFUun1xTAjSdoFUohr > 6pvN+6peOgU3NJPZjAFDbzkHciUbaW4BKz6KgxsJWMr1z9uBh0tuidUEpO9mJhLQ > vdiM0br1MvFujUAtEqnqYP3Ca9g4HeRaB16uTwSm4qMdS57CmbZWNYujldeXT2EU > +uXpWivUbDAsiOMbhGiAzVgcztlUODhMUA140t6yo7c7kgt4niXdiX1j+XjgOcx2 > hRvNdF+bEVlCYu3CePJJ8qF7SlvptJ78N9JMadcMefHDkF9ygJlOaeazPHZ3JmiG > ns03FgVsEDmSiBKFB+drRWjN3io7XRjOAJUCa2HutkT51eElVXgkyF2TC0cXbNvH > 7Elox4aK0daIOjNKt3uaoHsFDc/ImCaVFt2/UpV1vl0XAiaTBuE/bH8R16/MSWXC > 4MFk81r4Lm4jIiM7kg4d > =qTbK > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2015 14:43:11 -0500 > From: Yoni Rabkin <[email protected]> > To: Alexander Berntsen <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [libreplanet-discuss] WTFPL Worse License Ever? > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain > > Alexander Berntsen <[email protected]> writes: > > > On 21/12/15 16:54, Yoni Rabkin wrote: > >> But as I said before, try to (as I have) to explain these jokes at > >> your company to a room of people who are hostile and/or ignorant > >> of free software and the joke loses its shine really fast. > > Fuck those people. > > Really? Why did you even bother writing that? How is that helpful? I > guess it provides you with some kind of catharsis, but I don't know you. > > >> Moreover, people from the free software community who want to use > >> software licensed under a joke license have to stop short and > >> start searching around to see if it is even a valid license. So > >> this joke ends up taking up people's time and effort. Finally, > >> license proliferation is a real problem: > >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/License_proliferation > > It was never meant to be used for any actually useful software. If > > someone use a joke licence for their proper software, that's on them. > > The wtfpl site (http://www.wtfpl.net/showcase/) showcases useful > software licensed under the terms of the license and asks: "Know some > important or noteworthy work using the WTFPL? Let us know in the > comments!". Then they go on to defend the validity of the wtfpl as a > license in the FAQ entry: "Is the WTFPL a valid license?". So I don't > understand where you get that impression. > > > -- > "Cut your own wood and it will warm you twice" > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Mon, 21 Dec 2015 15:30:07 -0500 > From: John Sullivan <[email protected]> > To: Alexander Berntsen <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected], Yoni Rabkin > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [libreplanet-discuss] WTFPL Worse License Ever? > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain > > Alexander Berntsen <[email protected]> writes: > > > On 21/12/15 16:54, Yoni Rabkin wrote: > >> But as I said before, try to (as I have) to explain these jokes at > >> your company to a room of people who are hostile and/or ignorant > >> of free software and the joke loses its shine really fast. > > Fuck those people. > > > > This is not appropriate tone for this list. There's a good chance some > of "those people" are on this list, but even if not, it's not the way we > want to talk here about the differing points of view we encounter while > advocating for free software. > > -john > > -- > John Sullivan | Executive Director, Free Software Foundation > GPG Key: 61A0963B | http://status.fsf.org/johns | http://fsf.org/blogs/RSS > > Do you use free software? Donate to join the FSF and support freedom at > <http://my.fsf.org/join>. > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > libreplanet-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.libreplanet.org/mailman/listinfo/libreplanet-discuss > > > End of libreplanet-discuss Digest, Vol 70, Issue 25 > *************************************************** >
