Jonah License MMv1 — 2-Page Introduction

“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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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

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

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	Jonah License with CC0 Public Domain
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:

• Full Jonah License page — the complete Jonah License on balospe.com

• Files Shared by All Open Letters — the parent catalog page

• Good News Sample — the recommended first read, distributed under the Jonah License

• AHA Readme 1 — coalition building guide, also under Jonah License

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Content stability — Content is variant dv_ClaOp46Max_ExhG_2026m04d16 (see StayVS). Rebuilt 2026-05-18.

Expert Review Needed: Help Assess This Research and Its AI Overview

This page makes accessible one document from LLoL’s 6+ year wid-e research marathon on existential risk and ResearchCity. The PDF linked above is the original work; this page provides an overview.

The original research needs expert review. Download the PDF and bring your expertise to bear — whether you are a scientist, policy maker, theologian, peace activist, or concerned citizen. This research aims to find gentle kind reasonable ways to solve existential problems. Your perspective matters for assessing whether it succeeds.

The AI overview (see the markers) may need correction. AI may have blindly twisted the original message by emphasizing other aspects than the author would have. Important nuances may thus be missed or misrepresented. If you spot errors, missing context, or misplaced emphasis, your corrections help every future reader.

Despite all potential shortcomings of AI, AI was still used here because not saying anything about this document would have been even worse. A race against existential risks is not nuanced. Neither can be the determination to do the right thing - and get the word out to get help.

LLoL is determined to ask for such help. Hence this website to give the world a fair chance at exploring and reviewing LLoL’s ideas.

Use the FeedbackFlow link below to send your review — whether it concerns the original PDF, the AI overview, or both.

LLoL may drown for a while in the FF invited, but if people are indeed interested in making this work and avert accidental nuclear winter, then LLoL predicts that enough people will be happy to pay the about $8/year/person it will take to start scaling up ResearchCity, in order to help with the proper review of such wid-e research proposals for global decision-support like this one.

Hence, please consider that your buy-in with about $8/year will help to shift the global game from a so-called prisoner’s dilemma to an assurance game with the help of mathematical theology.

This work requires global support to avoid capture by special interests. Refining complex posters, engaging scholars across traditions, and running formal consistency checks all require sustained effort — as does scaling up a ResearchCity for global FeedbackFlows.

Let’s hope it’s not too late to fund this work!

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