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.

  • föderal umdrehen@feddit.de
    17·
    5 months ago

    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·
      5 months ago

      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.

      • föderal umdrehen@feddit.de
        6·
        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.