Re:WTFPL
by eru on Tuesday March 02, 2010 @05:52AM
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Yes. And if the new copyright owner Eve declares the original license invalid, Bob won't be able to re-licence (or even use the program any longer). Also Alice and Eve could be the same person who just changed her mind.
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I don't think that's true. Eve can change the licence on her work. That doesn't affect any copy that Bob obtained beforehand. You cannot change the licence in a way that affects things already released - otherwise you'd be able to release something under BSD and after a year say "I'm changing the terms, new licence requires everyone to pay me X, even if you obtained the software on BSD terms".
Referring to the WTFPL author (http://sam.zoy.org/wtfpl/):
Can’t you change the wording? It’s inappropriate / childish /
not corporate-compliant.
What the fuck is not clear in “DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU
WANT TO”? If you do not like the license terms, just
relicense the work under another license.