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On Tuesday, December 12, 2023 at 12:51:11 PM PST, Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.co=
urnoyer@gmail.com> wrote:=20
>> This confirms my hunch that there is no issue with the license.

>That's great, but... why is it not a problem?=C2=A0 :-)

>When we find out, we should add an explanation next to the license text,
>why it's deemed alright.

Maxim,
This is not meant to be plain English, but rather, it is American Legal Non=
sense English.

If you changed the text to "may be used for any purpose: lawful or unlawful=
", then, in USA
contract/copyright law, the contract is unenforceable because it is illegal=
.=C2=A0 It is not possible
to be party to an unenforceable contract. If the receiver of the software c=
an't be a party
to the contract because it is unenforceable, then effectively
the software can't be open sourced by that copyright statement.

-Michael