On 02/27/2017 10:58 AM, David Labsky wrote: > Hello Fedora Legal, > > Would software under the following license be okay for inclusion in Fedora? Should I pursue the author to relicence? > >> DO WHATEVER PUBLIC LICENSE* >> TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION >> >> 0. You can do whatever you want to with the work. >> 1. You cannot stop anybody from doing whatever they want to with the work. >> 2. You cannot revoke anybody elses DO WHATEVER PUBLIC LICENSE in the work. >> >> 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 PUBLIC LICENSE Clause 2 seems like it conflicts with clauses 0 and 1. Sublicensing should fall under "whatever you want". Additionally, I'd be remiss if I didn't point out that I'm not sure that "do whatever you want to do" has an established legal definition. That said, we do permit the WTFPL, which has a similarly poorly worded clause, but it does not have the conflict I point out above. Richard, setting aside the concept of "please stop writing your own ultra permissive licenses", what do you think? ~tom == Red Hat _______________________________________________ legal mailing list -- legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to legal-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
