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

[Lawrence Rosen]

Bruce Perens wrote:

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

 

I disagree. There is no subjective need involved. It may be a necessity, but that is because objectively "you are required to."

 

/Larry

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