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From: Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>
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To: j mckitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>
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j mckitrick wrote:
> Does anyone else find it interesting there are lobbyists fighting to
> force GPL software to come with a warranty, while most proprietary
> developers have an EULA that protects them from nearly all liability?

This must be a European Union thing.

I guess if GPL software is so superiour, then it won't mind
warranting the code...

-- Terry

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