Date: Fri, 31 Jul 1998 07:28:51 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> To: ehigano@etl.go.jp, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, grog@lemis.com Subject: Re: Can anyone tell us please? Message-ID: <199807311128.HAA05112@lakes.dignus.com> In-Reply-To: <19980731181735.E11960@freebie.lemis.com>
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Greg Lehey writes: > > CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF > > SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR > > BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF > > LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING > > NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS > > SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. > > My personal preference is also not to SHOUT, but maybe there are legal > reasons in the USA why you must shout these paragraphs. Yes - it's my understanding that for legal reasons you have to "shout" these paragraphs. Apparently, it's to counter the premise that a user might not notice them... i.e. "Your software cost me a bizillion dollars in lost revenue", "Well, didn't you read the disclaimer", "No, I didn't - it looked too much like everything else for me to notice." Apparently, just such an argument is what the "shouting" is to guard against... - Dave Rivers - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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