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submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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

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[-] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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."

[-] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

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.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Well this is /c/programminghumor, I would assume mostly it's meant as a joke.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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