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   :og:card:description: The Jonah License introduction — 4 core terms for sharing existential good news, from CC0 freedom to Judgement Day accountability.

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Jonah License MMv1 --- 2-Page Introduction
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*"It is a crime to knowingly conceal existential good news that can deliver
others from death by default if shared." --- The Jonah License in 4 core terms.*


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   `Jonah License Intro --- PDF (172 KB) </_file/pdf/gnp/mmv3/open-letter/files-shared-by-all-open-letters/jonah-license-mmv1-intro-iv_llol_oov1_2025m12d11-2page.pdf>`__
   --- 2 pages, :doc:`Jonah License with CC0 Public Domain </license/joli/index>`

   Filename: ``jonah-license-mmv1-intro-iv_llol_oov1_2025m12d11-2page.pdf``

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   For the full Jonah License page, see :doc:`/license/joli/index`.


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Abstract
========

The Jonah License MMv1 Introduction is a 2-page document that presents
the licensing terms under which the Good News Pack is distributed.

**Page 1** introduces "The Jonah License \\JoLi" with its foundational
premise and 4 core terms:

1. **Free under CC0** --- the material is released into the public domain
   under Creative Commons Zero, removing all copyright barriers to
   distribution.

2. **Copy, adapt, sing ... to gentle kind reasonably avert Armageddon**
   --- recipients are encouraged to use the material in any way that
   helps avert existential catastrophe, as long as the approach remains
   gentle, kind, and reasonable.

3. **Prepare to explain on Judgement Day what you failed to do with it**
   --- an accountability clause framed in eschatological terms, asking
   recipients to take the material seriously enough to act on it.

4. **Version and date your changes** --- a practical requirement to
   maintain traceability, ensuring that adaptations can be distinguished
   from the original and tracked over time.

**Page 2** explains the purpose behind the Jonah License: it is designed
for existential emergencies where "incurious ignorant indifference"
threatens life. The license addresses the specific danger that good news
capable of averting catastrophe might be ignored, buried, or dismissed
without examination.

Page 2 also introduces **ARKA** (Agent Responding Kindly = Access to
Reasonable Knowledge by Acts of Random Kindness) --- the distribution
philosophy encouraging recipients to share the material through acts
of kindness rather than coercion or marketing.


Broader Significance (Claude's Assessment)
============================================

The Jonah License is an unusual legal instrument that combines public
domain dedication with moral accountability language.

1. **CC0 as foundation.** By building on CC0 (Creative Commons Zero),
   the Jonah License removes all legal barriers to copying, translating,
   and adapting the Good News Pack. This is the most permissive possible
   baseline --- no attribution required, no share-alike restrictions, no
   commercial use limitations.

2. **Eschatological accountability.** Term 3 ("Prepare to explain on
   Judgement Day") is not a legal enforcement mechanism but a moral one.
   It reframes the recipient's relationship to the material: you are not
   merely permitted to share it, you bear responsibility for what happens
   if you do not.

3. **The Jonah parallel.** The name references the biblical prophet Jonah,
   who was sent to warn Nineveh of impending destruction. Jonah's initial
   refusal --- and the consequences of that refusal --- frame the license's
   core concern: the danger of failing to deliver urgent good news.

4. **ARKA as distribution model.** Rather than relying on institutional
   channels or commercial distribution, ARKA asks each recipient to
   become a distribution node through "Acts of Random Kindness." This
   decentralized model mirrors the CC0 legal structure --- just as the
   license removes legal barriers, ARKA removes social barriers.


Key Concepts at a Glance
==========================

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   * - **Jonah License (JoLi)**
     - The licensing framework combining CC0 public domain with moral
       accountability for sharing existential good news
   * - **CC0 (Creative Commons Zero)**
     - Public domain dedication removing all copyright restrictions ---
       the legal foundation of the Jonah License
   * - **4 Core Terms**
     - (1) Free under CC0, (2) Copy/adapt to avert Armageddon, (3)
       Prepare to explain on Judgement Day, (4) Version and date changes
   * - **ARKA**
     - Agent Responding Kindly = Access to Reasonable Knowledge by Acts
       of Random Kindness --- the decentralized distribution philosophy
   * - **Incurious Ignorant Indifference**
     - The specific threat the Jonah License addresses: existential good
       news being ignored, buried, or dismissed without examination
   * - **Jonah (biblical)**
     - Prophet sent to warn Nineveh; his initial refusal illustrates the
       danger of failing to deliver urgent good news


Document Information
=====================

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   * - **Document ID**
     - Jonah License MMv1 Introduction
   * - **Full title**
     - Jonah License MMv1 --- 2-Page Introduction
   * - **From**
     - Laurence Loewe of Laodicea (LLoL)
   * - **To**
     - All recipients of the Good News Pack
   * - **Version**
     - iv_llol_oov1_2025m12d11
   * - **Format**
     - 2 pages (terms + purpose/ARKA)
   * - **License**
     - :doc:`Jonah License with CC0 Public Domain </license/joli/index>`
   * - **Part of**
     - Good News Pack MMv3, Files Shared by All Open Letters
   * - **PDF size**
     - 172 KB
   * - **WebP size**
     - 252 KB

Related documents in the Good News Pack:

- :doc:`Full Jonah License page </license/joli/index>` --- the complete Jonah License on balospe.com
- :doc:`Files Shared by All Open Letters </good-news-pack/vv/mmv3/open-letter/files-shared/index>` --- the parent catalog page
- :doc:`Good News Sample </good-news-pack/vv/mmv3/open-letter/files-shared/good-news-sample>` --- the recommended first read, distributed under the Jonah License
- :doc:`AHA Readme 1 </good-news-pack/vv/mmv3/open-letter/files-shared/aha-readme-1>` --- coalition building guide, also under Jonah License


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