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authorKim "BKC" Carlbäcker <kim.carlbacker@gmail.com>2017-09-25 18:11:40 +0200
committerKim "BKC" Carlbäcker <kim.carlbacker@gmail.com>2017-09-25 18:11:40 +0200
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WTFPL is deamed unacceptabledoc-license-wtfpl-rejected
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@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ Libraries with the following licenses are unacceptable for use:
- [GNU AGPLv3][AGPLv3]: AGPL-licensed libraries cannot be linked to from non-GPL projects.
- [Open Software License (OSL)][OSL]: is a copyleft license. In addition, the FSF [recommend against its use][OSL-GNU].
- [Facebook BSD + PATENTS][Facebook]: is a 3-clause BSD license with a patent grant that has been deemed [Category X][x-list] by the Apache foundation.
+- [WTFPL][WTFPL]: is a public domain dedication [rejected by the OSI (3.2)][WTFPL-OSI]. Also has a strong language which is not in accordance with our diversity policy.
## Requesting Approval for Licenses
@@ -108,3 +109,5 @@ Gems which are included only in the "development" or "test" groups by Bundler ar
[x-list]: https://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-x
[Acceptable-Licenses]: #acceptable-licenses
[Unacceptable-Licenses]: #unacceptable-licenses
+[WTFPL]: https://wtfpl.net
+[WTFPL-OSI]: https://opensource.org/minutes20090304