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Re:Show HN: Open-source Counter-Strike-like game by wyldfire on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @03:13PM (#41917625)
Don't use that license, use something similar like MIT, BSD or Apache instead.
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Re:Show HN: Open-source Counter-Strike-like game by dokyun on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @04:20PM (#41918264)
WTFPL is a fine license. It's even FSF approved.
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Re:Show HN: Open-source Counter-Strike-like game by josephcsible on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @04:43PM (#41918502)
The FSF certifies that it's a free software license that's compatible with the GPL, but they recommend against using it: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#WTFPL
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Re:Show HN: Open-source Counter-Strike-like game by kurisufag on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @03:48PM (#41917987)
would you mind pointing out why?

those are very dissimilar licenses in the sense that wtfpl is basically a cute way of putting something into the public domain, while MIT et. al. do actually have (albeit minor and reasonable) restrictions on the conduct of people using the code.

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Re:Show HN: Open-source Counter-Strike-like game by poizan42 on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @05:01PM (#41918662)
There is no disclaimer of liability and implied warranty. You may be on the hook for damages if someone uses your code under the WTFPL and there is a bug that causes them to lose money.
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Re:Show HN: Open-source Counter-Strike-like game by leni536 on Tuesday October 22, 2024 @06:41PM (#41919459)
You can use zero-clause BSD[1] or MIT no-attribution[2].

[1] https://opensource.org/license/0bsd

[2] https://opensource.org/license/mit-0

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