Well
a JAR license could be current but with no valid ratings - so what's the problem to issue a license with no current ratings? Obviously you can't actually use it untill a type is validated.... so just pointless embuggeration for Mr Druid then?
His embuggeration could be yours tomorrow...
a similar problem is the one about medical currency - your license can be current and valid (with a current type) but with an expired medical one cannot fly - no particular reason why a license should not be issued with an expired medical then ?
(there has been a slight recognition of this because now you can do a Prof Check without a currently valid medical)
Complexity is required to make (pointless) jobs - simples