Saturday, 21 July 2012

Do Whatever You Want To Public License


DWYWTPL - DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE

When free means completely free!

The Do Whatever You Want To Public License (DWYWTPL) is a free software license.
When analysing whether a license is free or not, you usually check that it allows free usage, modification and redistribution. Then you check that the additional restrictions do not impair fundamental freedoms. The DWYWTPL renders this task trivial: it allows everything and has no additional restrictions. How could life be easier? You just DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO.

The license text

DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 1, July 2012

Copyright (C) 2012 Chris Nash <cndefend-license@yahoo.co.uk>

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 WHATEVER YOU WANT TO PUBLIC LICENSE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION

1. You just DO WHATEVER YOU WANT TO.

NO WARRANTY CLAUSE FOR SOFTWARE

The DWYWTPL is an all-purpose license and does not cover only computer programs; it can be used for artwork, documentation and so on. As such, it only covers copying, distribution and modification. If you want to add a no warranty clause to software just insert the following into the source code as a comment and/or into the documentation, as you see fit:
This program is free software. It comes without any warranty, to the extent permitted by applicable law. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Do Whatever You Want To Public License, Version 1, as published by Chris Nash.
See http://tinyurl.com/DWYWTPL for more details.

1 comment:

  1. By the way, this license is a copy of the WTFPL, but without the expletives. You can find it here:
    http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl
    Beware of all the swearing though!

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