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WTFPL: Characters, Reception & Characteristics

The WTFPL is a permissive free software license. As a public domain like license, the WTFPL is essentially the same as dedication to the public domain. It allows redistribution and modification of the work under any terms. The name is an abbreviation of Do What The Fuck You Want To Public License.

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WTFPL topic overview

The analysis highlights Characters, Reception and Characteristics as prominent areas in the source structure around WTFPL.

Related topics
35
Source areas
3
Connected nodes
38
Extracted relationships
40
Concept neighborhoods
20
Bridge connections
38

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Reception · 26 topics
Overview · 6 topics
Characteristics · 3 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Author
Banlu Kemiyatorn, Sam Hocevar
Publisher
Sam Hocevar
Copyleft
No
FSF approved
Yes
GPL compatible
Yes
Latest version
2

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Characteristics

Reception

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How WTFPL connects Entity context

The extracted context around WTFPL shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, WTFPL → Copyfree, Fair License, Fedora, Free Software Foundation, GPL-compatible, In, It, Open Source Initiative, The, The WTFPL Another extracted example is WTFPL → Black Duck Software, Examples, GitHub, Liero, MediaWiki, More, OpenStreetMap Potlatch, Projects, The WTFPL, Wikimedia Commons. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

WTFPL

Top relations

related to Discussion · 10
WTFPL → Copyfree, Fair License, Fedora, Free Software Foundation, GPL-compatible, In, It, Open Source Initiative, The, The WTFPL
related to Usage · 10
WTFPL → Black Duck Software, Examples, GitHub, Liero, MediaWiki, More, OpenStreetMap Potlatch, Projects, The WTFPL, Wikimedia Commons
related to Characteristics · 4
WTFPL → It, MIT License, The WTFPL, Though
see also · 4
WTFPL → AndroidUnlicenseBeerwareCC0License-free, License, Public-domain-equivalent, Toybox
is a · 2
WTFPL → parody of the GPL, permissive free software license
Author · 1
WTFPL → Banlu Kemiyatorn, Sam Hocevar
Copyleft · 1
WTFPL → No
FSF approved · 1
WTFPL → Yes
GPL compatible · 1
WTFPL → Yes
Latest version · 1
WTFPL → 2

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

license version software public permissive sam hocevar licenses free domain terms author projects written project also website fuck want banlu

WTFPL relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 40 structured relationships around WTFPL. Examples in this analysis include WTFPL → Author → Banlu Kemiyatorn, Sam Hocevar and WTFPL → Copyleft → No. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
WTFPLAuthorBanlu Kemiyatorn, Sam Hocevar1.00infobox
WTFPLCopyleftNo1.00infobox
WTFPLFSF approvedYes1.00infobox
WTFPLGPL compatibleYes1.00infobox
WTFPLLatest version21.00infobox
WTFPLLinking from code with a different licenseYes1.00infobox
WTFPLOSI approvedNo1.00infobox
WTFPLPublished20041.00infobox
WTFPLPublisherSam Hocevar1.00infobox
WTFPLWebsitewww.wtfpl.net1.00infobox
WTFPLis apermissive free software license0.90text
WTFPLis aparody of the GPL0.90text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around WTFPL bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include License, Software and Public. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • WTFPL
    • License
    • Software
    • Public
    • Version
    • Domain
    • Projects
    • Used
    • Website
    • Written
    • Author
    • Hocevar
    • Permissive
  • wtfpl
    • License
    • Software
    • Public
    • Version
    • Domain
    • Projects
    • Used
    • Website
    • Written
    • Author
    • Hocevar
    • Permissive
  • permissive
    • Also
    • Author
    • Licenses
    • Copyleft
    • Public
    • Wtfpl
    • Banlu
    • Code
    • Disclaimer
    • Failed
    • Fuck
    • Gpl
  • free software license
    • Wtfpl
    • License
    • Software
    • Public
    • Used
    • Written
    • Version
    • Official
    • Use
    • Author
    • Domain
    • Hocevar
  • public domain like license
    • Public
    • 0bsd
    • Cc0
    • Failed
    • Like
    • Unlicense
    • Verification
    • Wtfpl
    • Software
    • Fuck
    • Projects
    • Want
  • public domain
    • Public
    • 0bsd
    • Cc0
    • Failed
    • Like
    • Unlicense
    • Verification
    • Wtfpl
    • Fuck
    • Projects
    • Want
    • Licenses
  • sam hocevar
    • Sam
    • Version
    • Gpl
    • Written
    • Author
    • Copyleft
    • Wtfpl
    • Code
    • Kemiyatorn
    • License
    • Open-source
    • Osi
  • mit license
    • Wtfpl
    • Software
    • Public
    • Version
    • Use
    • Author
    • Domain
    • Hocevar
    • Permissive
    • Sam
    • Failed
    • Fuck

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For WTFPL, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects WTFPL with Reception. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
WTFPL — Reception · splits 12 ⟂ 27
WTFPL — Overview · splits 32 ⟂ 7
WTFPL — Characteristics · splits 35 ⟂ 4

Map overview Semantic statistics

WTFPL

Nodes39
Edges38
Triples40
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.051282
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around WTFPL to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as Characters, Reception & Characteristics, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — WTFPL · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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