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From: grog@lemis.de (Greg Lehey)
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Subject: Re: Has the copyright dust settled?
To: kelly@fsl.noaa.gov (Sean Kelly)
Date: Thu, 4 Jan 1996 17:22:17 +0100 (MET)
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In-Reply-To: <9601031646.AA08436@emu.fsl.noaa.gov> from "Sean Kelly" at Jan 3, 96 09:46:16 am
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Sean Kelly writes:
> 
> THIS DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED BY A. U. THOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS
> OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED
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OK, I don't understand the US legal system (does anybody? :-), but I
have never understood the illegible shouting in these clauses.  Are
they required by law?  Do they have a special legal significance?  Or
couldn't they be replaced by something in mixed case, possibly in bold
if needs be?

Greg