Sharing Motion projects between versions

I've tried to search for it but didn't find something about it.Is it possible to share a Motion project between users that have different versions of Motion (1.0.1, 2, 2.1.1) and if so how should it be exported?

AFAIK, Motion 1 and 2 can share projects, the only problem arises when a project contains effects/behaviors not available in Motion 1 or maybe renamed between Motion 1 and 2.
But I've honestly not done sharing - the Fun With... that I post are always saved from Motion 2. In theory any that don't use the Replicator or new filters/behaviors should work in Motion 1... perhaps someone running Motion 1 will answer.
I recently posted that Gas Sign project specifically not using Motion 2 constructs, but that guy never posted back...
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