<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 2:11\u202fPM Pamela Chestek <<a href="mailto:pamela@chesteklegal.com" target="_blank">pamela@chesteklegal.com</a>> wrote:</div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">> why not just say that the author waives all claims and leave it at that?</div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><div class="gmail_attr">How about waiving all claims and promising not to assert moral or other rights in a lawsuit? Belt and suspenders :-)</div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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The phrase "to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law" is <br>
surplusage too; it goes without saying that's the extent to which it can <br>
be enforced.</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Ah, but then we have severability. Should the surplusage not be replaced with something like "<span style="color:rgb(71,71,71);font-family:Roboto,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px">if one part of this license is found to be invalid, the rest of the terms remain valid and enforceable."</span></div></div></div>
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