<div dir="ltr">A "crayon license" is a license obviously produced by a non-legal-professional, which has obvious faults that a legal professional would know to avoid. The name comes from a Monty Python sketch in which a man presents a cat license which is a dog license with the word dog crossed out and "cat" written in, in crayon. This license is unique in that it is not only a crayon license, but includes a concatenation of other crayon licenses, along with some that have legal solidity.<div><br></div><div>The problem with producing licenses this way is that the sole purpose of a license is to be enforced in court, either by the licensor in a complaint, or, more likely for this one: by the recipient in their defense. The amateur nature of the license text means that the recipient can not count on the court parsing the license as they would expect. Thus, the creators of such licenses do a disservice to the community.</div><div><br></div><div>For the good of the community, please always involve a legal professional in license formation. IMO it would be best if you would withdraw this version and come back with a professional formulation.</div><div><br></div><div> Thanks</div><div><br></div><div> Bruce</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Oct 1, 2025 at 6:01\u202fAM Balázs Hámorszky <<a href="mailto:balihb@gmail.com">balihb@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hello everyone,<br>
<br>
I\u2019m Balázs Hamorszky, the author of a new license called the<br>
P-EADCA Universal Waiver License (PUWL v1.0)<br>
<br>
PUWL is a permissive / waiver-style license that aims to:<br>
\u2022 Waive all rights that can legally be waived, in all jurisdictions,<br>
\u2022 Disclaim all liability,<br>
\u2022 Provide a universal fallback where full waiver is not recognized,<br>
\u2022 Combine several existing public-domain-style approaches into a single text<br>
<br>
The full text and README (with philosophy and usage instructions) are here:<br>
\u2192 <a href="https://github.com/balihb/PUWL" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/balihb/PUWL</a><br>
<br>
My intent is to first ask for informal feedback, before submitting it<br>
to the formal license-review process.<br>
I\u2019d appreciate any comments or concerns you may have.<br>
<br>
Thank you for your time.<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
Balázs Hamorszky<br>
<br>
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