├── LICENSE ├── README.md └── LICENSE_MIT /LICENSE: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | Copyright 2 | 3 | Permission is hereby granted to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated materials to make use of the software and associated materials according to the terms of the MIT License (see included file `LICENSE_MIT`) IF AND ONLY IF they have not read any portion of this file. 4 | 5 | Any person who has read any portion of this file may not make any use of the software and associated materials for any purpose whatsoever. Any permissions previously granted to any person to use this software and associated materials terminate and are revoked with immediate effect upon their reading of any portion of this file. 6 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /README.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # The Spite License 2 | 3 | A new license under which to release software, because god knows we don't have enough of [them](https://opensource.org/licenses/alphabetical) [already](https://xkcd.com/927/). 4 | 5 | ## What does it allow? 6 | 7 | The Spite License is, in essence, a trapdoor — it allows potential licensees to use the software under the terms of the secondary license (as shown here, the standard MIT license) if and only if they do *not* read the license file itself. 8 | 9 | ## Why? 10 | 11 | * Because it's funny 12 | * Because you want randos on the Internet but not big companies with lawyers who make their engineers actually read licenses to use your software 13 | 14 | Note, though, that I am not a lawyer and this was written as a joke — no legal professionals have read or approved of the Spite License and I make no claims as to its legality, enforceability, or efficacy in any jurisdiction. 15 | 16 | ## Colophon 17 | 18 | I hereby abandon all rights and claims and release the text of the Spite License into the public domain. 19 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /LICENSE_MIT: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | Copyright 2 | 3 | Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: 4 | 5 | The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software. 6 | 7 | THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE. 8 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------