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Clarified question. In comments & answers, OP makes it clear they are focused on the name of the license, not the copyright to the licensed program.
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Should I change the name inof the WTFPL?

I'm using the WTFPLthe WTFPL in my personal projects that I have published on GitHub.

Currently I'm using itthe license verbatim, but I have thea suspicion that I shouldn't be leaving the third line:

Copyright (C) 2004 Sam Hocevar <[email protected]>

in there, and instead should use my name instead of Sam's.

But the license is very confusing about this. 

Half of the WTFPL site is about the WTFPL itself, so I thought that copyright statement might refer to a copyright on the license text itself, and not on the project thisthat is licensingusing the license. Also

However, itthe site also says:

Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim or modified copies of this license document, and changing it is allowed as long as the name is changed.

So would I have to change the name, from WTFPL"WTFPL" to, say, something like "WTFPL-Domenic"?

Should I change the name in the WTFPL?

I'm using the WTFPL in my personal projects published on GitHub.

Currently I'm using it verbatim, but I have the suspicion I shouldn't be leaving

Copyright (C) 2004 Sam Hocevar <[email protected]>

in there, and instead should use my name.

But the license is very confusing about this. Half of the WTFPL is about the WTFPL itself, so I thought that copyright might refer to a copyright on the license text itself, and not on the project this is licensing. Also, it says

Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim or modified copies of this license document, and changing it is allowed as long as the name is changed.

So would I have to change the name, from WTFPL to, say, "WTFPL-Domenic"?

Should I change the name of the WTFPL?

I'm using the WTFPL in my personal projects that I have published on GitHub.

Currently I'm using the license verbatim, but I have a suspicion that I shouldn't be leaving the third line:

Copyright (C) 2004 Sam Hocevar <[email protected]>

in there, and instead should use my name instead of Sam's.

But the license is very confusing about this. 

Half of the WTFPL site is about the WTFPL itself, so I thought that copyright statement might refer to a copyright on the license text itself, and not on the project that is using the license.

However, the site also says:

Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim or modified copies of this license document, and changing it is allowed as long as the name is changed.

So would I have to change the name from "WTFPL" to something like "WTFPL-Domenic"?

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Should I change the name in the WTFPL?

I'm using the WTFPL in my personal projects published on GitHub.

Currently I'm using it verbatim, but I have the suspicion I shouldn't be leaving

Copyright (C) 2004 Sam Hocevar <[email protected]>

in there, and instead should use my name.

But the license is very confusing about this. Half of the WTFPL is about the WTFPL itself, so I thought that copyright might refer to a copyright on the license text itself, and not on the project this is licensing. Also, it says

Everyone is permitted to copy and distribute verbatim or modified copies of this license document, and changing it is allowed as long as the name is changed.

So would I have to change the name, from WTFPL to, say, "WTFPL-Domenic"?