Stephen Gran wrote: > This one time, at band camp, Matthew Palmer said: >> On Wed, Apr 12, 2006 at 02:35:28PM +0200, Wolfgang Lonien wrote: >>> THIS SOFTWARE IS NOT FAULT TOLERANT AND SHOULD NOT BE USED IN ANY >>> SITUATION ENDANGERING HUMAN LIFE OR PROPERTY. >> This is possibly problematic, depending on how you define "should". I'd >> take it as just being a restatement of the whole "no warranty, if it breaks >> you get to keep both pieces" thing, but it could be read as forbidding use >> in the mentioned areas. > > The word 'should' has a fairly straight forward meaning in the English > language. This does not present a problem, as far as I can see. It is > substantively no different from the standard: > > Debian GNU/Linux comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent > permitted by applicable law. > > It is a disclaimer telling you they take no responsibility if you use it > in a situation that endagers human life or property. No problem.
Sounds good to me. Thanks for the clarification. cheers, wjl aka Wolfgang Lonien -- Key ID 0x728D9BD0 - public key available at wwwkeys.de.pgp.net Key Fingerprint = A923 2294 B7ED EB3E 2F18 AE56 AAB8 D36A 728D 9BD0 uid Wolfgang Lonien (wjl) <like: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> We prefer encrypted, text-only email messages here. Thank you. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
