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Bradley Kuhn (bkuhn) - 10 years ago 2014-03-20 12:26:05
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Last wordsmith pass of this footnote. It's not worth more time than this,
I'm just having fun with it.

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 (5th Cir.~1993)).  While GPLv3's drafters doubted that such authority would
 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 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}.}.
 of GPL\@\footnote{One of the authors of this tutorial, Bradley M.~Kuhn, has
   often suggested the aesthetically preferable compromise of a
   \textsc{specifically designed ``small caps'' font, such as this one, as an
     alternative to} WRITING IN ALL CAPS IN THE DEFAULT FONT (LIKE THIS),
   since the latter adds more ugliness than conspicuousness.  Kuhn once
   engaged in reversion war with a lawyer who disagreed, but that lawyer never
   answered Kuhn's requests for 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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