About This License
The IDK License is a maximally permissive license designed for works created with AI assistance, where the author honestly does not know which portions (if any) are copyrightable or what rights the author holds. It uses a three-layer legal strategy:
- Public domain dedication (CC0-style) — if this works in your jurisdiction, you're done.
- 15 fallback licenses granted simultaneously — MIT, MIT-0, Apache-2.0, BSD-2-Clause, BSD-3-Clause, 0BSD, ISC, Unlicense, WTFPL, BSL-1.0, Zlib, BlueOak-1.0.0, CC0-1.0, CC-BY-4.0, and IDK-Attribution.
- Patent non-assertion + grant with defensive termination.
All grants are made only to the extent the author legally can. If the author has no rights in some portion, these strategies are simply ineffective for that portion.
Important: This license was drafted with AI assistance. It has not been
reviewed by a licensed attorney. There is no warranty that it works as intended.
This is not legal advice.
Quick Start
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Copy the license file to your project root:
curl -o LICENSE-IDK https://idklaw.net/license/0.0.1/LICENSE-IDK -
Add SPDX identifiers to your source files:
// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-IDK-0.0.1 -
Mention it in your README:
## License This project is released under the [IDK License](https://idklaw.net/license/0.0.1), Version 0.0.1. See LICENSE-IDK for details.
If your project includes third-party dependencies, use the IDK-WTF License instead.
Full License Text
This is the complete, legally operative text of the IDK License v0.0.1. The authoritative copy is the plain-text file.