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A comment on Round Robin: license that's share-alike for improvements and permissive for apps.

Re:Round Robin: license that's share-alike for improvements ... by gus_massa on Tuesday November 25, 2025 @08:17AM (#46045510)
> 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.

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Re:Round Robin: license that's share-alike for improvements ... by cmitsakis on Saturday November 29, 2025 @09:08AM (#46087637)
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.
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