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Bradley Kuhn (bkuhn) - 10 years ago 2014-03-20 12:22:29
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Wordsmith the footnote from previous commit.

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 apply to copyright licenses like the GPL, the FSF has nevertheless left
 warranty and related disclaimers in \textsc{all caps} throughout all versions
 of GPL\@\footnote{\textsc{One of the authors of this tutorial, Bradley
     M.~Kuhn, has often suggested that as compromise, use of a specifically
     designed ``small caps'' font, such as the one used herein, is
     aesthetically preferable to merely} WRITING IN ALL CAPS IN THE DEFAULT
   FONT (LIKE THIS), WHICH SEEMS TO ADD UGLINESS RATHER THAN
   CONSPICUOUSNESS\@.  Indeed, Kuhn once got into a reversion war in a
   document with a lawyer who disagreed with this, but the lawyer in question
   ignored Kuhn's requests to produce any case law that argued THIS IS MORE
   CONSPICUOUS \textit{Than this is}.}.
     M.~Kuhn, has often suggested the aesthetically preferable compromise of a
     specifically designed ``small caps'' font, such as this one, as an
     alternative to} WRITING IN ALL CAPS IN THE DEFAULT FONT (LIKE THIS)\@.
   The latter seems to add more ugliness than conspicuousness.  Kuhn once
   engaged in reversion war with a lawyer who disagreed, but that lawyer has
   still yet to answer Kuhn's requests to produce any case law that argues
   THIS IS INHERENTLY MORE CONSPICUOUS \textsc{Than this is}.}.
 Some have argued the GPL is unenforceable in some jurisdictions because
 its disclaimer of warranties is impermissibly broad.  However, GPLv2~\S11

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