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My favorite licenses

I like software licenses. In my search for fun ones, I've found the following (this is a listicle, watch out):

monkey license

This is the license for the Go monkey-patching library.

Copyright Bouke van der Bijl

I do not give anyone permissions to use this tool for any purpose. Don't use it. I’m not interested in changing this license. Please don’t ask.

anelki Public License

This license is a modified WTFPL with some political limitations. Written by my friend, anelki.

anelki Public License

v. 1.5 (2022-12-20)

This license text is in the public domain under the terms of the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) License.

Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim or modified copies of this license document. You must change the name if you make modifications.

ANELKI PUBLIC LICENSE
TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR COPYING, DISTRIBUTION AND MODIFICATION

  1. You just DO WHAT THE FUCK YOU WANT TO
    (with the following limitations):
    1. You may not use it for commercial purposes
    2. You may not use it to advance the police state
    3. You may not use it if you're a fascist or a tankie
    4. You may not use it for evil

  2. In all cases shall the judgement of the originating author be determinative on any moral or ethical questions from the above provisions.

    3. "FML" Clause

  3. Under no circumstances may this code be used for purposes of training "machine learning", "artifical intelligence", or any other computer learning model. For example, this code may not be used by GitHub's "Pilot" service.

Big Bill Hell's License

I don't know where this one is from, but it's pretty incredible!

BIG BILL HELL'S LICENSE

FUCK YOU, OPEN-SOURCE!

If you're dumb enough to want to copy this software, you're a big enough schmuck to abide by BIG BILL HELL'S LICENSE (BBHL):

  1. BAD TERMS
  2. CODE THAT BREAKS DOWN
  3. THIEVES

1. BAD TERMS

If you think you're going to find permissive terms in BIG BILL'S, you can kiss my ASS. It's our belief that you're such a stupid motherfucker, you'll depend on this bullshit, GUARANTEED. If you make a derivative work: Shove it up your ugly ASS. You heard us right: Shove it up your ugly ASS.

2. CODE THAT BREAKS DOWN

Bring your CHANGE; bring your REPRO; bring your SPOUSE--we'll fuck them! That's right, we'll fuck your SPOUSE. Because under the BBHL, you're fucked six ways from Sunday.

3. THIEVES

Make a hack with BBHL, home of CHALLENGE GITTING. That's right:

3.a. CHALLENGE GITTING

How does it work? If you submit six PRs straight into main that don't need feedback, you get no Contributor License Agreement (CLA).

DON'T SELL; DON'T DISTRIBUTE; DON'T FORK FROM US, OR WE'LL RIP YOUR BITS OFF.

ONLY WITH BBHL: THE ONLY LICENSE THAT TELLS YOU TO FUCK OFF.

HURRY UP, ASSHOLE, THESE TERMS TAKE EFFECT THE MINUTE YOU WRITE A LINE OF CODE, AND IT BETTER NOT BREAK, OR YOU'RE A DEAD MOTHERFUCKER.

GO TO HELL. BIG BILL HELL'S LICENSE: OPEN-SOURCE'S FILTHIEST AND EXCLUSIVE TERMS OF THE MEANEST (SONS OF) BITCHES IN THE WHOLE COMMUNITY, GUARANTEED.

send me fun licenses!

Have you found or written a weird or wonderful license? Send it to me via email and I'll add it here!