-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Most EULAs offer no warranty either.
simon wrote: > On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 01:12:51AM -0600, simon wrote: >> Another glitch is that if you don't have to agree to the GPL as an 'end >> user', there is no revoking of warranty rights - does this mean that one >> can asume a warranty from an unlicensed application? > > Ok answering myself.... > > The GNU GPL page list the license: > http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html > > Note the 'start of license' and 'end of license' markers. > > The warranty claims (or revokation of) are not in the license, but a > seperate piece of text which: > asserts copyright > offers license > disclaims warranty > gives contact for copy of license > > > I guess this is important as, for example, I could use GNU Cash to do my > tax returns without agreeing to the GPL License. However a software flaw > could mean that it computes them wrong and make me liable to a penality > charge. > > If would be very useful (for the developers) to disclaim warranty > regardless of whether the 'end user' accepted the terms of the GPL. > > Cheers, > Simon. > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFGZdTwRXgH3rKGfMRAkXRAJkB2skysr7Ddg0SLY43pbXasEFQ1ACdG7cr 5PH+JBbkFn/RnSQvegIPn4E= =zqIs -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
