I had actually intended to get some coding done today.
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Snarp-Variant, Version 3.00, 3 September 2010
Copyright (C) 2010 Snarp.
This text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (cc by-nc-sa) Version 3.0. The terms of the license may be viewed at:
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PREAMBLE
The GNU General Public License is a free, copyleft license for software and other kinds of works. It can be read in its entirety at this address:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt
The GNU Unpleasant-People-Excepted License may be considered identical to the GNU General Public License Version 3, with the important distinction that the rights granted in the license apply only to people who are not unpleasant.
The GNU General Public License was designed with the aim of giving programmers the ability to share and modify works freely, encouraging innovation and the exchange of ideas. For the pettier among us, this has always posed a problem. Software released under the GNU is available for use and modification not only to thinkers and innovators, but also to the sort of people to whom we might refuse loan a dollar, because we do not trust them not to offer it to a small child on the condition that she sticks a bug up her nose, or draw human genitals on it in red Sharpie before smirkingly handing it to a female cashier, or donate it to a candidate for public office who "just think(s) it's too soon to rule out" the forcible sterilization of diabetics.
It should be noted that this license does not actually place the bar particularly high. The GNU-UPE does not require active pleasantness, merely the absence of active unpleasantness. Under the GNU-UPE, people and organizations who are "just okay" are entitled to all of the rights and protections of the standard GNU license. Activities such as smiling at the cashier and giving $20 to UNICEF are, in terms of compliance with this license, optional (though appreciated).
Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary (1961) defines "unpleasant" to mean "Not amiable or agreeable; disagreeable; offensive." Obviously, these are subjective terms, and not useful in a legal sense. For this reason, this license defines unpleasantness by means of a list of objectively provable activities. These activities are listed in Section 2 of the Terms and Conditions. Methods by which a person who has behaved unpleasantly may make use of materials protected under the license may be found in Section 3.
As a final note, as the author of this license, I recognize that the GNU-UPE will mainly be used by people of the variety who, like myself, are often termed by others "jerks." And to quote Tolstoy, "non-jerks are all alike, but every jerk is a jerk in her own way." For this reason, the text of this license is itself licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share-Alike License (cc by-nc-sa), for the purpose of making it easy for other jerks to modify it to suit their personal needs. While I think that I have designed categories of unpleasantness that are fairly universal in nature, personal thresholds do differ. In terms of formatting, it is my advice that headers for modified versions of the license follow this format:
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-- Section 1 --
Excepting in the situations described under section 2, "Limitations," the terms of this license are identical to the terms of the GNU General Public License Version 3.0, which may be viewed in full at:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt
The situations described in section 2 may be "expiated" - viewed as having never happened - by the terms described in section 3.
-- Section 2 --
This license grants the rights and privileges referred to in (1) only to individuals who are not unpleasant. "Unpleasant" is herein defined as having knowingly engaged in any of the following activities.
-- Section 3 --
A party who has committed any of the actions described in section 3, thus rendering them "unpleasant" by the terms of this license, may gain the rights described in the standard GNU license by either of these two methods:
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Snarp-Variant, Version 3.00, 3 September 2010
Copyright (C) 2010 Snarp.
This text is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share Alike License (cc by-nc-sa) Version 3.0. The terms of the license may be viewed at:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
PREAMBLE
The GNU General Public License is a free, copyleft license for software and other kinds of works. It can be read in its entirety at this address:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt
The GNU Unpleasant-People-Excepted License may be considered identical to the GNU General Public License Version 3, with the important distinction that the rights granted in the license apply only to people who are not unpleasant.
The GNU General Public License was designed with the aim of giving programmers the ability to share and modify works freely, encouraging innovation and the exchange of ideas. For the pettier among us, this has always posed a problem. Software released under the GNU is available for use and modification not only to thinkers and innovators, but also to the sort of people to whom we might refuse loan a dollar, because we do not trust them not to offer it to a small child on the condition that she sticks a bug up her nose, or draw human genitals on it in red Sharpie before smirkingly handing it to a female cashier, or donate it to a candidate for public office who "just think(s) it's too soon to rule out" the forcible sterilization of diabetics.
It should be noted that this license does not actually place the bar particularly high. The GNU-UPE does not require active pleasantness, merely the absence of active unpleasantness. Under the GNU-UPE, people and organizations who are "just okay" are entitled to all of the rights and protections of the standard GNU license. Activities such as smiling at the cashier and giving $20 to UNICEF are, in terms of compliance with this license, optional (though appreciated).
Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary (1961) defines "unpleasant" to mean "Not amiable or agreeable; disagreeable; offensive." Obviously, these are subjective terms, and not useful in a legal sense. For this reason, this license defines unpleasantness by means of a list of objectively provable activities. These activities are listed in Section 2 of the Terms and Conditions. Methods by which a person who has behaved unpleasantly may make use of materials protected under the license may be found in Section 3.
As a final note, as the author of this license, I recognize that the GNU-UPE will mainly be used by people of the variety who, like myself, are often termed by others "jerks." And to quote Tolstoy, "non-jerks are all alike, but every jerk is a jerk in her own way." For this reason, the text of this license is itself licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share-Alike License (cc by-nc-sa), for the purpose of making it easy for other jerks to modify it to suit their personal needs. While I think that I have designed categories of unpleasantness that are fairly universal in nature, personal thresholds do differ. In terms of formatting, it is my advice that headers for modified versions of the license follow this format:
GNU UNPLEASANT-PEOPLE-EXCEPTED LICENSE
[YOUR NAME]-Variant, Version [#].[##], [DATE]
TERMS AND CONDITIONS
-- Section 1 --
Excepting in the situations described under section 2, "Limitations," the terms of this license are identical to the terms of the GNU General Public License Version 3.0, which may be viewed in full at:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt
The situations described in section 2 may be "expiated" - viewed as having never happened - by the terms described in section 3.
-- Section 2 --
This license grants the rights and privileges referred to in (1) only to individuals who are not unpleasant. "Unpleasant" is herein defined as having knowingly engaged in any of the following activities.
- a. Upon discovering the release of a piece of open-source software produced by an unpaid individual or individuals,
- 1. have complained that the software is not useful to them personally.
- 2. have complained that the software is not compatible with their operating system. An exception may be made only in situations in which the complaining party offers to both
- 1) purchase for the programmers a computer already-loaded with the operating system in question, and
- 2) pay them for their time in writing a compliant piece of software.
- 3. have proclaimed moral or intellectual judgment upon the programmer for failing to cater to their needs. (ie, "only sh*th**ds use windows")
- b. Upon discovering a blog or message board post, piece of artwork, or any other creative endeavor offered freely on the internet,
- 1. have complained that the work does not pertain to a subject which interests them personally.
- 2. have proclaimed moral or intellectual judgment upon the artist for failing to cater to their needs. (ie, "ugh slash is for perverts")
- c. Upon discovering a blog or message board post in which an individual mentions a personal tragedy, particularly as an explanation for the delay in the release of a freely-offered piece of software or creative work,
- 1. have commented to complain that the person in question is whiny or should "suck it up," or words to similar effect.
- 2. have commented to explain that the tragedy was the individual in question's "own fault," or words to similar effect.
- 3. have commented to complain that their problems are worse and yet you don't see them complaining.
- d. Upon discovering a request to donate to some charity dedicated to aiding the materially disadvantaged on a message board or blog,
- 1. have commented to say that they feel the party the charity is designed to aid "deserves" misfortune.
- 2. have commented to say that charitable efforts, as a general category, are unnecessary, counterproductive or "naive," or words to similar effect.
- e. Upon discovering a blog or message-board post in which an individual describes an unexpected and alarming loss of online privacy or breach of trust in an online relationship have commented to explain that they deserve it for using the internet.
- f. Upon discovering a negative review of a piece of software or creative work they have themselves posted upon the internet have attacked the moral or intellectual character of the reviewer.
- g. Upon finding that a person has remixed or modified their own work, has publicly questioned the person's moral character on this basis, having previously done either of the following:
- 1. Made the work in question available under a GNU, CC, or similar license.
- 2. Remixed or modified the work of others without permission, or consumed other works remixed or modified without permission.
- h. Have ever stated that a person who complained about an act of racism was "reverse-racist," because non-racist people do not see color, and therefore are unable to recognize racism, in the same way that unicorns cannot acknowledge that which is impure. Relatedly,
- 1. Have ever argued online that anime characters are "supposed to be white."
- 2. Upon discovering that Blaise Zabini (a character from "Harry Potter") is black, have commented online complaining that now they cannot write fanfiction wherein he is cool.
- i. Have ever explained online that "most reports of rape are false," or suggested that false reports of rape are a more serious problem than actual rape. Relatedly,
- 1. Have ever made use of evolutionary psychology to justify rape, discriminatory hiring practices, or their RP character.
- 2. Have ever noticed an apparently female user in an MMO and jumped up and down next to her while firing off sound-effect macros.
- j. Have ever posted in a thread to say "ur gay" or words to similar effect, then flown away like Superman, their work complete.
- k. Have ever posted in a thread to say "ur retarded" or words to similar effect, then flown away like Superman, their work complete.
- l. Have ever made a Chuck Norris joke in Barrens chat.
-- Section 3 --
A party who has committed any of the actions described in section 3, thus rendering them "unpleasant" by the terms of this license, may gain the rights described in the standard GNU license by either of these two methods:
- 1. The issuance of a sincere public apology, which must contain a clear explanation of why what they did was wrong. This explanation may be rendered in prose, verse, song, or any other form, so long as its intent is clear. These actions will relieve the individual of the status of "unpleasant" as defined in this license.
- 2. Giving me $50 USD. (This will not make you less unpleasant.)
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