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

[Bruce Perens]

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
>
>
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