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GPL + butt hole? (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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License stuff came up the other day. Got me wondering.

Could I use something like the mit or GPL license, but add a requirement that anyone that uses the software had to send me a pic of their butthole?

What is the use case for this GPL + bhole license?

Memes mostly. It world also need to have an age of majority clause.

Then if the library actually gets picked up somewhere it would be a good extortion tactic.

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[–] federalreverse@feddit.de 17 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Oracle Java uses a license called "GPL with Classpath Exception", so it's definitely possible to create derivatives of the GPL and name them appropriately.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Wow, I've definitely seen that before, but I never realized how wild that is. So many companies will start drooling like a dumbass when anything contains the GPL.

So, it's not like they can't ever use GPL software, most do use Linux knowingly or unknowingly. But if you use GPL software in a way the legal department hasn't seen before, they'll always feel uneasy about it.

Frankly, I'm surprised that Java gained any traction in the corporate world at all, then.

[–] federalreverse@feddit.de 6 points 5 months ago

The original version of Java was proprietary. Sun later open-sourced large parts of it but they kept selling a version of Java with a proprietary license. There were also random kerfuffles over the years with IBM and Red Hat who wanted to sell open-source Java into large organizations without giving a cut to Sun/Oracle.

[–] half_built_pyramids@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

So you're telling me there's a chance