[License-discuss] [DISCUSS] PUWL v1.0 – P-EADCA Universal Waiver License

[Pamela Chestek]

That doesn't say that an author can't waive it.

Pam

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On 10/6/2025 12:11 PM, Bruce Perens wrote:
> To answer Pam's question, this is the French declaration, highlights 
> mine:
>
>     Art. 5. The title of an intellectual work, always provided that it
>     is original, enjoys the same protection as the work itself. No
>     person may take the title of a work, even if that work is no
>     longer protected under articles 21 and 22, to designate a work of
>     the same type if the use of such title could give rise to
>     confusion. Art. 6. The author has the right to respect for his
>     name, his status and his works. This right is vested in his
>     person. It is perpetual, inalienable and indefeasible. On the
>     author's death it can be transmitted to his heirs. The exercise of
>     this right can be transferred to a third person by testamentary
>     disposition.
>
> An affirmative patent grant might be a useful differentiation from the 
> other licenses, but he's not there yet.
>
> As I think we have made clear every time a newby approaches 
> license-discuss the license _user_ community, the developers 
> themselves, are in general poorly educated on license issues and for 
> the most part uninterested in improving that education, they want to 
> program or be users. Which is fine, we need that. But it means we 
> should do a little more to make sure they understand some of the 
> implications of the license, for example that they don't, or at least 
> don't reliably get the right to claim authorship of the work.
>
> Thus, an explanatory text that is separate from the license but easily 
> available might be of value.
>
> On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 11:47 AM Pamela Chestek 
> <pamela at chesteklegal.com> wrote:
>
>
>     On 10/4/2025 2:59 PM, Balázs Hámorszky wrote:
>     > In jurisdictions where attribution or other moral rights cannot be
>     > fully waived, the author does not require their name to be displayed
>     > beyond the minimal extent required by law,
>     Are there jurisdictions that do not allow you to waive attribution?
>
>     I would also like to see an explanation of how all the other licenses
>     that attempt to achieve this fail, and how this license has remedied
>     their flaws.
>
>     Pam
>
>
>     Pamela S. Chestek
>     Chestek Legal
>     4641 Post St.
>     Unit 4316
>     El Dorado Hills, CA 95762
>     +1 919-800-8033
>     pamela at chesteklegal.com
>     www.chesteklegal.com <http://www.chesteklegal.com>
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