The-Coffee-License

Coffee License Stamps

Copy-paste ready Coffee License stamps for different programming languages.

Variables to Replace

• [YEAR] → 2025 (or current year)
• [NAME] → Your name or company name
• [EMAIL] → Your contact email
• [AMOUNT] → License fee (default: $50)
• [BIG_CORP] → Example mega-corp (Google, Apple, Microsoft, etc.)

---

JavaScript / TypeScript

/*
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                     THE COFFEE LICENSE                      │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ • Free for everyone.                                        │
│ • Coffee money for billionaires.                            │
│                                                             │
│ MIT + Basic Courtesy                                        │
│                                                             │
│ • Free for personal, educational, and small business use    │
│ • $[AMOUNT] if your net worth has commas and lawyers        │
│ • Use freely, modify freely                                 │
│   (but buy me a damn latte if you're [BIG_CORP])           │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Copyright [YEAR] [NAME]                                     │
│ Contact: [EMAIL]                                            │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ IF YOU'RE ABOVE THE THRESHOLD                              │
│ but would prefer not to pay,                               │
│ restructure your assets                                    │
│ until you're technically not.                              │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ This isn't about money. It's about acknowledgment.         │
│                                                             │
│ ☕ Made with code and good faith                            │
│    by an indie dev who believes in balance                 │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
*/

Python

"""
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                     THE COFFEE LICENSE                      │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ • Free for everyone.                                        │
│ • Coffee money for billionaires.                            │
│                                                             │
│ MIT + Basic Courtesy                                        │
│                                                             │
│ • Free for personal, educational, and small business use    │
│ • $[AMOUNT] if your net worth has commas and lawyers        │
│ • Use freely, modify freely                                 │
│   (but buy me a damn latte if you're [BIG_CORP])           │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Copyright [YEAR] [NAME]                                     │
│ Contact: [EMAIL]                                            │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ IF YOU'RE ABOVE THE THRESHOLD                              │
│ but would prefer not to pay,                               │
│ restructure your assets                                    │
│ until you're technically not.                              │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ This isn't about money. It's about acknowledgment.         │
│                                                             │
│ ☕ Made with code and good faith                            │
│    by an indie dev who believes in balance                 │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
"""

Java / C# / C++

/*
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                     THE COFFEE LICENSE                      │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ • Free for everyone.                                        │
│ • Coffee money for billionaires.                            │
│                                                             │
│ MIT + Basic Courtesy                                        │
│                                                             │
│ • Free for personal, educational, and small business use    │
│ • $[AMOUNT] if your net worth has commas and lawyers        │
│ • Use freely, modify freely                                 │
│   (but buy me a damn latte if you're [BIG_CORP])           │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Copyright [YEAR] [NAME]                                     │
│ Contact: [EMAIL]                                            │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ IF YOU'RE ABOVE THE THRESHOLD                              │
│ but would prefer not to pay,                               │
│ restructure your assets                                    │
│ until you're technically not.                              │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ This isn't about money. It's about acknowledgment.         │
│                                                             │
│ ☕ Made with code and good faith                            │
│    by an indie dev who believes in balance                 │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
*/

HTML

<!--
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                     THE COFFEE LICENSE                      │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ • Free for everyone.                                        │
│ • Coffee money for billionaires.                            │
│                                                             │
│ MIT + Basic Courtesy                                        │
│                                                             │
│ • Free for personal, educational, and small business use    │
│ • $[AMOUNT] if your net worth has commas and lawyers        │
│ • Use freely, modify freely                                 │
│   (but buy me a damn latte if you're [BIG_CORP])           │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Copyright [YEAR] [NAME]                                     │
│ Contact: [EMAIL]                                            │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ IF YOU'RE ABOVE THE THRESHOLD                              │
│ but would prefer not to pay,                               │
│ restructure your assets                                    │
│ until you're technically not.                              │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ This isn't about money. It's about acknowledgment.         │
│                                                             │
│ ☕ Made with code and good faith                            │
│    by an indie dev who believes in balance                 │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
-->

CSS / SASS / LESS

/*
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                     THE COFFEE LICENSE                      │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ • Free for everyone.                                        │
│ • Coffee money for billionaires.                            │
│                                                             │
│ MIT + Basic Courtesy                                        │
│                                                             │
│ • Free for personal, educational, and small business use    │
│ • $[AMOUNT] if your net worth has commas and lawyers        │
│ • Use freely, modify freely                                 │
│   (but buy me a damn latte if you're [BIG_CORP])           │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Copyright [YEAR] [NAME]                                     │
│ Contact: [EMAIL]                                            │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ IF YOU'RE ABOVE THE THRESHOLD                              │
│ but would prefer not to pay,                               │
│ restructure your assets                                    │
│ until you're technically not.                              │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ This isn't about money. It's about acknowledgment.         │
│                                                             │
│ ☕ Made with code and good faith                            │
│    by an indie dev who believes in balance                 │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
*/

Shell Scripts / Bash

#
# ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
# │                     THE COFFEE LICENSE                      │
# ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
# │ • Free for everyone.                                        │
# │ • Coffee money for billionaires.                            │
# │                                                             │
# │ MIT + Basic Courtesy                                        │
# │                                                             │
# │ • Free for personal, educational, and small business use    │
# │ • $[AMOUNT] if your net worth has commas and lawyers        │
# │ • Use freely, modify freely                                 │
# │   (but buy me a damn latte if you're [BIG_CORP])           │
# ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
# │ Copyright [YEAR] [NAME]                                     │
# │ Contact: [EMAIL]                                            │
# ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
# │ IF YOU'RE ABOVE THE THRESHOLD                              │
# │ but would prefer not to pay,                               │
# │ restructure your assets                                    │
# │ until you're technically not.                              │
# ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
# │ This isn't about money. It's about acknowledgment.         │
# │                                                             │
# │ ☕ Made with code and good faith                            │
# │    by an indie dev who believes in balance                 │
# └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
#

Ruby

=begin
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                     THE COFFEE LICENSE                      │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ • Free for everyone.                                        │
│ • Coffee money for billionaires.                            │
│                                                             │
│ MIT + Basic Courtesy                                        │
│                                                             │
│ • Free for personal, educational, and small business use    │
│ • $[AMOUNT] if your net worth has commas and lawyers        │
│ • Use freely, modify freely                                 │
│   (but buy me a damn latte if you're [BIG_CORP])           │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Copyright [YEAR] [NAME]                                     │
│ Contact: [EMAIL]                                            │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ IF YOU'RE ABOVE THE THRESHOLD                              │
│ but would prefer not to pay,                               │
│ restructure your assets                                    │
│ until you're technically not.                              │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ This isn't about money. It's about acknowledgment.         │
│                                                             │
│ ☕ Made with code and good faith                            │
│    by an indie dev who believes in balance                 │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
=end

Go

/*
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                     THE COFFEE LICENSE                      │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ • Free for everyone.                                        │
│ • Coffee money for billionaires.                            │
│                                                             │
│ MIT + Basic Courtesy                                        │
│                                                             │
│ • Free for personal, educational, and small business use    │
│ • $[AMOUNT] if your net worth has commas and lawyers        │
│ • Use freely, modify freely                                 │
│   (but buy me a damn latte if you're [BIG_CORP])           │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Copyright [YEAR] [NAME]                                     │
│ Contact: [EMAIL]                                            │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ IF YOU'RE ABOVE THE THRESHOLD                              │
│ but would prefer not to pay,                               │
│ restructure your assets                                    │
│ until you're technically not.                              │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ This isn't about money. It's about acknowledgment.         │
│                                                             │
│ ☕ Made with code and good faith                            │
│    by an indie dev who believes in balance                 │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
*/

Rust

/*
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                     THE COFFEE LICENSE                      │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ • Free for everyone.                                        │
│ • Coffee money for billionaires.                            │
│                                                             │
│ MIT + Basic Courtesy                                        │
│                                                             │
│ • Free for personal, educational, and small business use    │
│ • $[AMOUNT] if your net worth has commas and lawyers        │
│ • Use freely, modify freely                                 │
│   (but buy me a damn latte if you're [BIG_CORP])           │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Copyright [YEAR] [NAME]                                     │
│ Contact: [EMAIL]                                            │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ IF YOU'RE ABOVE THE THRESHOLD                              │
│ but would prefer not to pay,                               │
│ restructure your assets                                    │
│ until you're technically not.                              │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ This isn't about money. It's about acknowledgment.         │
│                                                             │
│ ☕ Made with code and good faith                            │
│    by an indie dev who believes in balance                 │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
*/

PHP

<?php
/*
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                     THE COFFEE LICENSE                      │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ • Free for everyone.                                        │
│ • Coffee money for billionaires.                            │
│                                                             │
│ MIT + Basic Courtesy                                        │
│                                                             │
│ • Free for personal, educational, and small business use    │
│ • $[AMOUNT] if your net worth has commas and lawyers        │
│ • Use freely, modify freely                                 │
│   (but buy me a damn latte if you're [BIG_CORP])           │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Copyright [YEAR] [NAME]                                     │
│ Contact: [EMAIL]                                            │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ IF YOU'RE ABOVE THE THRESHOLD                              │
│ but would prefer not to pay,                               │
│ restructure your assets                                    │
│ until you're technically not.                              │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ This isn't about money. It's about acknowledgment.         │
│                                                             │
│ ☕ Made with code and good faith                            │
│    by an indie dev who believes in balance                 │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
*/

SQL

/*
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│                     THE COFFEE LICENSE                      │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ • Free for everyone.                                        │
│ • Coffee money for billionaires.                            │
│                                                             │
│ MIT + Basic Courtesy                                        │
│                                                             │
│ • Free for personal, educational, and small business use    │
│ • $[AMOUNT] if your net worth has commas and lawyers        │
│ • Use freely, modify freely                                 │
│   (but buy me a damn latte if you're [BIG_CORP])           │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ Copyright [YEAR] [NAME]                                     │
│ Contact: [EMAIL]                                            │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ IF YOU'RE ABOVE THE THRESHOLD                              │
│ but would prefer not to pay,                               │
│ restructure your assets                                    │
│ until you're technically not.                              │
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ This isn't about money. It's about acknowledgment.         │
│                                                             │
│ ☕ Made with code and good faith                            │
│    by an indie dev who believes in balance                 │
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
*/

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