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The word "including" suggests the subsequent list is not exclusive of anything else, so "not limited to" is redundant. If you really wanted to expand on the "including," to make sure people do not think the list is exclusive, you could say, "including, among other things, . . ."
The expression including but not limited to is a convention primarily associated with legal texts and commercial contracts. Apart from the fact that it's used specifically because it is a convention, I'd say it also clarifies and emphasises the scope of the immediately-preceding noun phrase.
There is not really anything implying that "including" does not also mean "but not limited to", unless you specify by saying "including but limited to". I think it is redundant and actually looks quite ugly with the compulsory use of this phrase in for example EULAs and similar documents, but lawyers will probably keep using it, "just to be safe".
The set of primitive actions these agents can perform include but are not limited to move, attach and clear. First I thought adding commas would do the trick, i.e.: The set of primitive actions these agents can perform include, but are not limited to, move, attach and clear. But this looks and reads weird, so I figured I'd add a semicolon, i.e.:
This phrasing is the baneful legacy of legal language. It says that the list of responsibilities following the colon is not exhaustive. In other words, if you are negligent in some duty, you may not excuse yourself by saying that what you were supposed to do isn't included in the list. –
In short, it's just the way it's commonly done. But more often than not, it's meant to be taken as a parenthetical: The flaws include (but are not limited to) defect 1 and defect 2. If I were to write the sentence with that information being essential, I'd likely rephrase it: Some of the flaws include defect 1 and defect 2.
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