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Introducing the Forklift Certified License (aria.dog)

submitted 5 months ago by BlueMonday1984@awful.systems to c/notawfultech@awful.systems

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A well-done mockery of the state of open-source, with a solid parody license as a bonus.

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[–] Soyweiser@awful.systems 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The User may not use this Work for prejudiced or bigoted purposes, including but not limited to: ... Belgium denialism

Weird typo there, for the Dutch French border.

(I mean this as a joke btw, Belgians are super nice in my exp).

[–] thoughtfuldragon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

There are several things about this that make me happy.

[–] o7___o7@awful.systems 5 points 5 months ago

Everything about it is wonderful.

[–] wizzor@sopuli.xyz 6 points 5 months ago

It's early, but this may well be the best thing I read all day.

[–] Deebster@infosec.pub 5 points 5 months ago

A great read, but the styling was giving me flashbacks to this old textbook:

Cover of Engineering Mathematics by K. A. Stroud

[–] YourNetworkIsHaunted@awful.systems 5 points 5 months ago

Also your lawyer gonna be terrified by this shit and that’s the whole damn point lmao: if you can pay a lawyer, you can pay me for a license that doesn’t look so fucked up; but if you can’t pay a lawyer, you’re not worth suing.

Beautiful