WTFPL

license for permissive way of licensing intellectual property rights
Event public_domain_equivalent_license Q152481
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WTFPL

Summary

WTFPL is a public-domain-equivalent license[1]. WTFPL has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • WTFPL authored Sam Hocevar[3].
  • WTFPL's instance of is recorded as public-domain-equivalent license[4].
  • WTFPL's instance of is recorded as free software license[5].
  • WTFPL's instance of is recorded as anti-copyright notice[6].
  • WTFPL's software version identifier is recorded as 1.0[7].
  • WTFPL's software version identifier is recorded as 2[8].
  • WTFPL's Commons category is recorded as WTFPL[9].
  • March 2000 marks the founding of WTFPL[10].
  • WTFPL's has edition or translation is recorded as WTFPL Version 2[11].
  • WTFPL's has edition or translation is recorded as WTFPL Version 1.0[12].
  • WTFPL's approved by is recorded as Copyfree Initiative[13].
  • WTFPL's approved by is recorded as Q48413[14].
  • WTFPL's approved by is recorded as Debian Free Software Guidelines[15].
  • WTFPL's approved by is recorded as Fedora Project[16].
  • WTFPL's official website is recorded as https://www.wtfpl.net[17].
  • WTFPL's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Software using the WTFPL license[18].
  • WTFPL's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'WTFPL'}[19].
  • WTFPL's different from is recorded as WTF[20].
  • WTFPL's different from is recorded as Rien à branler[21].

Body

Context

Recorded instance of include public-domain-equivalent license[4], free software license[5], and anti-copyright notice[6].

Why It Matters

WTFPL has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] WTFPL is known by 34 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . copyfree.org. copyfree.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . SPDX License List. Retrieved . gnu.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . fedoraproject.org. fedoraproject.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . SPDX License List. Retrieved . spdx.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 25d ago · HelloImSteven · 2026-06-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Foldoc id WTFPL
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P12946]]: Do+What+the+Fuck+You+Want+to+Public+License, import FOLDOC ID ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/wikibase-cli/36ecd009bcfe7/|details]])"
  2. 27d ago · KrBot bot · 2026-06-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Approved by Copyfree Initiative, Q48413, Debian Free Software Guidelines +1
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P790]]: [[Q48413]], дублирующееся значение / duplicate value"
  3. 29d ago · Glenn · 2026-06-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Official website https://www.wtfpl.net
    Has edition or translation WTFPL Version 2, WTFPL Version 1.0
    Author Sam Hocevar
    Inception +2000-03-00T00:00:00Z
    + 8 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P790]]: [[Q48413]]"
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