[License-discuss] Request Discussion Pre-Reviews For New Licenses (chewkeanho-rlos, chewkeanho-cos, chewkeanho-gpos)

[Aaron Williamson]

On Wed, Oct 2, 2024 at 7:48 AM Bruce Perens via License-discuss <
license-discuss at lists.opensource.org> wrote:

> The word "SHALL" must not be used in a license. Please replace all
> occurrences of "SHALL" with "MUST" and see
> https://www.plainlanguage.gov/guidelines/conversational/shall-and-must/
> for the reasons you must do so.
>
> I am assuming you are not a legal professional, I think one would not have
> missed that issue by now.
>

This may be an emerging best practice, but it's certainly not ubiquitous
practice amongst U.S. legal professionals. On the contrary, my experience
is that "shall" is still more commonly used, regardless of the type of
legal document in question.
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