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Bradley Kuhn (bkuhn) - 9 years ago 2015-03-13 16:58:02
bkuhn@ebb.org
Clarify who "most people" meant, drop UCITA ref.

The intent of this text was to point out that most users don't actually
believe they get warranties, which is still surely correct, given that
GPL disclaims warranties in the same manner nearly every software
license -- proprietary or free -- does anyway.

Also, the forward-reference to the later section's discussion of UCC
should be hinted at here. There is no explicit reference to UCC made
here, but it is encompassed in "many local laws", since the later
section mentions the specific section of UCC involved.

Meanwhile, the reference to UCITA is dropped, but perhaps it should be
reintroduced in other text in the main warranty section. UCITA has had
much less policy impact than was expected when the original version of
this text was written. It might be useful to ask policy folks and
attorneys from Maryland and Virginia who might be able to help explain
what impact UCITA has had being on the books only there.
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@@ -1123,13 +1123,13 @@ throughout the GPL, there are specific references to the importance of
 
notifying others down the distribution chain that they have rights under
 
GPL.
 

	
 
Also mentioned by name is the warranty disclaimer. Most people today do
 
not believe that software comes with any warranty.  Notwithstanding
 
\href{http://mlis.state.md.us/2000rs/billfile/hb0019.htm}{Maryland's} and \href{http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?001+ful+SB372ER}{Virginia's} UCITA bills, there are few or no implied warranties with software.
 
However, just to be on the safe side, GPL clearly disclaims them, and the
 
GPL requires re-distributors to keep the disclaimer very visible. (See
 
Sections~\ref{GPLv2s11} and~\ref{GPLv2s12} of this tutorial for more on GPL's
 
warranty disclaimers.)
 
GPL disclaims all warranties that legally can be disclaimed (which is
 
discussed later in sections~\ref{GPLv2s11} and~\ref{GPLv2s12}).  Users
 
generally rarely expect their software comes with any warranties, since
 
typically all EULAs and other Free Software licenses disclaim warranties too.
 
However, since many local laws require ``consipicous'' warranty disclaimers,
 
GPLv2~\S1 explicitly mentions the importance of keeping warranty disclaimers
 
in tact upon redistribution.
 

	
 
Note finally that GPLv2~\S1 creates groundwork for the important defense of
 
commercial freedom.  GPLv2~\S1 clearly states that in the case of verbatim
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