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Round Robin: license that's share-alike for improvements and permissive for apps

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Re: Round Robin: license that's share-alike for improvements and permissive for apps

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> Copyright

> Each contributor licenses you to do everything with this software that would otherwise infringe their copyright in it.

Has a lawyer reviewed this part? It looks too informal and probably opens a million of loopholes or unclear parts that may make users run away.

Re: Round Robin: license that's share-alike for improvements and permissive for apps

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> Copyright > Each contributor licenses you to do everything with this software that would otherwise infringe their copyright in it. Has a lawyer reviewed this part? It looks too informal and probably opens a million of loopholes or unclear parts that may make users run away.

It's written by Kyle Mitchell https://kemitchell.com/ who is a lawyer who has published many unusual licenses (like the Parity license) that are not approved by the FSF or the OSI. He uses simple language.