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A comment on European Union Public Licence.

Re:European Union Public Licence by ksec on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @08:47AM (#29891377)
>and not formulated "to the extent allowed by the law" as in most licences designed with the legal environment of the United States in mind

Could someone explain like I am five on this? I could understand the reason they need a separate license because of language concern in different member state. But this bit loss me.

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Re:European Union Public Licence by CasperDern on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @08:59AM (#29891508)
IANAL, but I think "to the extent allowed by the law" is a way to allow an overreaching (doing more than the law allows) contract to not be fully voided. It effectively allows you to specify ideals, but also means that the license my not work fully as intended.
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