HI Daniel, We discussed this a bit on the call today. The license text itself does not use the * , which is the most important part for matching purposes.
How to display this was discussed way, way back when this was added to the license list (which was one of the early versions, based on memory). The treatment of using a * to soften a swear word is pretty common and we seemed to think it was a good idea at the time. I see your point and don’t disagree, but I also don’t find these words offensive. Some people do. It was also pointed out on the call, that isn some situations, you might use the * when presenting a list of licenses if having a swear word on your presentation was not appropriate for the given audience. Is there a reason to change this now, in your view? I”m not sure it’s worth changing unless there is a compelling reason or something has changed to warrant it. Thanks, Jilayne SPDX Legal Team co-lead [email protected] > On Apr 17, 2018, at 3:45 AM, dmg <[email protected]> wrote: > > hi everybody, > > The page of the WTFYW license incorrectly names it as > > "Do What The F*ck You Want To Public License" > > https://spdx.org/licenses/WTFPL.html > > the proper name of the license is, as you most likely know > > "Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License" > > I feel it is important for SPDX to be accurate and it should not make > ethical decisions that affect the accuracy of the information it provides. > > After all, the WTFYW is not Lord Voldemort's license :) > it should not remain _unnamed_ > > -- > --dmg > > --- > Daniel M. German > http://turingmachine.org > _______________________________________________ > Spdx-legal mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.spdx.org/mailman/listinfo/spdx-legal _______________________________________________ Spdx-legal mailing list [email protected] https://lists.spdx.org/mailman/listinfo/spdx-legal
