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

[Bruce Perens]

On Mon, Oct 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM Pamela Chestek <pamela at chesteklegal.com>
wrote:
> why not just say that the author waives all claims and leave it at that?

How about waiving all claims and promising not to assert moral or other
rights in a lawsuit? Belt and suspenders :-)

>
> The phrase "to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law" is
> surplusage too; it goes without saying that's the extent to which it can
> be enforced.


Ah, but then we have severability. Should the surplusage not be replaced
with something like "if one part of this license is found to be invalid,
the rest of the terms remain valid and enforceable."
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.opensource.org/pipermail/license-discuss_lists.opensource.org/attachments/20251006/93cf94cd/attachment.htm>