diff --git a/db/license.rec b/db/license.rec
index 18a9157..544c0c3 100644
--- a/db/license.rec
+++ b/db/license.rec
@@ -127,3 +127,12 @@ author: acdw
 source: https://tilde.town/~zine/issues/7/
 file: tildezine.txt
 added: 2024-01-22
+
+id: 13
+name: hot potato license
+base: original
+type: restricted
+author: ErikMcClure
+source: https://github.com/ErikMcClure/bad-licenses/blob/master/hot-potato-license
+file: hotpotato.txt
+added: 2024-05-27
diff --git a/src/hotpotato.txt b/src/hotpotato.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ba6e395
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/hotpotato.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+                      HOT POTATO LICENSE
+                  Version 2, September 2021
+All rights reserved by the last person to commit a change to this
+repository, except for the right to commit changes to this repository,
+which is hereby granted to all inhabitants of the Milky Way Galaxy for
+the purpose of committing changes to this repository.