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Change his/her & his to their in licensing.md (#801)

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This is consistent with the rest of the document and is more inclusive.

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@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ Unfortunately, however, copyright law does not protect hardware objects.
[Copyright law is extremely powerful](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/enforcing-gpl.en.html). [Copyright law is extremely powerful](https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/enforcing-gpl.en.html).
In fact, it grants the author of a work exclusive rights to use or distribute their work. In fact, it grants the author of a work exclusive rights to use or distribute their work.
An author can grant permission to use his/her work under arbitrary conditions. Just for illustration, an author could An author can grant permission to use their work under arbitrary conditions. Just for illustration, an author could
invent for example a "coffee license" and impose that whoever uses his work has to offer the author a coffee. invent for example a "coffee license" and impose that whoever uses their work has to offer the author a coffee.
Similarly, forever-open licenses grant users the right to use the work provided that they will redistribute any Similarly, forever-open licenses grant users the right to use the work provided that they will redistribute any
derivative work using the same license again (copyleft). derivative work using the same license again (copyleft).