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

[Rick Moen]

Quoting Lawrence Rosen (lrosen at rosenlaw.com):

> 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/ 

I predict that I shan't abandon 'shall', primarily because I won't
-- though I certainly may.  (By the way, a shall/will distinction
also survives in Norwegian's cognate verbs skal and vil.)

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