I was skeptical of this as well; I had the FSF licensing team confirm that the WTFPL is a free software license a month or two ago. You can see it here:
Our interpretation of this license is that it is
> intended to allow you to do whatever you want with the
> work. Therefore, we assume that this includes using,
> copying, modifying, and distributing modifications for any
> purpose.
He was, however, cautious to say "I can not conjecture how a court would
interpret that phrase" and recommended to consult a lawyer.
It's a sad world we live in if the rights you give for a software work are opt-in (you may do this and that) and not opt-out (you may not do this and that)
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I was skeptical of this as well; I had the FSF licensing team confirm that the WTFPL is a free software license a month or two ago. You can see it here:
https://gnu.org/licenses/license-list.html#WTFPL
From Joshua Gay:
He was, however, cautious to say "I can not conjecture how a court would interpret that phrase" and recommended to consult a lawyer.
It's a sad world we live in if the rights you give for a software work are opt-in (you may do this and that) and not opt-out (you may not do this and that)