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Pretty sure most licenses have a clause stating that, if one clause is deemed invalid, that fact doesn't render the entire thing null and void. Check with your lawyer when in doubt.


If you're curious about the specific license being referenced, it didn't have any clause like that:

https://github.com/kaizhu256/jslint/blob/e188c37059ec66aedf9...


Thanks for sharing! It’s always nice listening to Douglas Crockford! What an interesting story about XML too :)


It's called a severability clause https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severability




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