ljharb
commented
1 year ago This seems like a pretty patronizing PR, tbh. The license is the way it is because that’s the license of the code it’s based on, so it can’t ever change.
It would cost a lot of lawyer money to land this PR; closing it is free.
Why Use the Unlicense? Because you have more important things to do than enriching lawyers or imposing petty restrictions on users of your code. How often have you passed up on utilizing and contributing to a great software library just because its open source license was not compatible with your own preferred flavor of open source? How many precious hours of your life have you spent deliberating how to license your software or worrying about licensing compatibility with other software? You will never get those hours back, but here's your chance to start cutting your losses. Life's too short, let's get back to coding.