[License-review] "Shall" in open source licenses

[Bruce Perens]

In the name of making licenses accessible to the modern reader, "shall" is
replaced with "you need to" :-)

On Wed, Oct 3, 2018 at 5:23 PM Lawrence Rosen <lrosen at rosenlaw.com> wrote:

> Thanks, McCoy, and sorry to have misled you, Nigel,
> > My defense is Larry wrote that part as it’s in the original license. :)
>
> I shall have regrets, but I shan't be overly ashamed of my legal language
> in my licenses. I will as always try my best....
>
> http://www.abajournal.com/magazine/article/shall_we_abandon_shall/
>
> /Larry
>
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