Whatever is Clever Public License
Do whatever is clever. Do as you wish with this product.
Do whatever is clever shall be the whole of the law.
https://codeberg.org/sugarbug/whatever-is-clever-public-license
Whatever is Clever Public License
Do whatever is clever. Do as you wish with this product.
Do whatever is clever shall be the whole of the law.
https://codeberg.org/sugarbug/whatever-is-clever-public-license
The point of the CLEVER LICENSE is that there is no “enforcement.” It grants ultimate freedom. The recipient of a product under this license can do whatever they wish with it. Enforcement is the polar opposite of the grant of freedom.
Read the language _carefully_. I wrote it with clever care.
“Do whatever is clever. Do as you wish with this product.”
The phrase, “whatever is clever” means, “whatever you find suitable for your purpose.”
The phrase, “do as you WISH” is a phrase of personal sovereignty, of one’s own private law, giving unbridled lawful freedom.
“Do whatever is clever shall be the whole of the law.”
The phrase, “SHALL be the whole of the law” specifies that the terms of the license are private law. Coupled with the prior phrase, the grantee’s wish is the only restraint and only enforcement necessary.
When a monarch says, “I wish to receive porterhouse steak for dinner,” he or she _will_ receive it. In law for a sovereign to “wish” is to _command_.
This meaning is similar to the phrase, “Your wish is my command.”
Then I’d have to ask: what is the benefit of choosing it over CC0 if by law, there won’t be any enforcement (not even attribution)? At least CC0 is well known.
Things like “enforcement” and “attribution” are restrictions, the opposite of freedom.
Why do you want a license that allows you to sue the users of your supposedly free software?
Creative Common license are well accepted. It requires attribution for derivative works. Due to its clear legal wording, you can enforce it.
Why I want to be able to sue? Exactly so that people won’t take others’ freedom, just like why the law exist in free world. Haven’t you read about the many cases companies violating GPL got sued?
Clever License gives real freedom, individual freedom that is absent from the popular ideological licenses. Clever License doesn’t need an “enforcement” mechanism because it is a real gift with no strings attached. A gift with strings attached is a snare.
No strings, no snare. “Do whatever is clever. Do as you wish with this product.”
There seems to be a more robust solution already. It’s called Public Domain.
Well this is /c/programminghumor, I would assume mostly it’s meant as a joke.
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