Re: RE-PROPOSED: The Dictator Test
On 2004-07-12 09:00:02 +0100 Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org>
wrote:
Data point: I can't scare up the reference at the moment, but The
XFree
Project, Inc., asserted that the warranty disclaimer was a
"condition" of
the MIT/X11 license.
If a condition, let's try trimming to just relevant parts:
Permission is hereby granted [...] subject to [...]
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
EXPRESS
OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY, FIT- NESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
NONINFRINGEMENT.
Well, that part seems no-op, as long as you are legally capable of
accepting the licence, which I think we assume all are.
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE X CONSORTIUM BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES
OR
OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR
OTHERWISE,
ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE
OR
OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
I'm not sure whether this is claimed to be a condition, part of a
condition, or is another notice sentence after the condition. I'd like
to see the reference, sorry.
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