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Contracts can't be verified like code. You have to go to court and actually litigate before you actually know for sure. . A lawyer's opinion... well, there are usually at least two opinions in every lawsuit. One is usually "this is legal" the other "this is illegal". We have trials to determine who is right, and then sometimes, a couple rounds of appeals.


I agree, I just couldn't think of a better term than "verify". Still, when a non-lawyer designs a license, I think there are likely to be issues with the license that would be obvious to almost any lawyer.




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