Re: some legal terms in the new disclaimers

[Josip Rodin <joy@cibalia.gkvk.hr>]

On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 03:29:02PM -0500, Branden Robinson wrote:
> > "loss of use"
> > 
> > I simply have no idea what this means in this context :)
> 
> It means if somebody posts a message to debian-user saying "hey, try
> setting this flag in your XF86Config-4", and that flag causes the X
> server to lock the PCI bus and the machine, and this machine happens to
> be network router at the busiest backbone site on the planet, Debian
> can't be sued for the traffic that failed to get routed while the
> machine was locked up because some dumbass was doing host-based routing
> at a major network site, using Linux to do it, running an X server on
> that box, and playing around with his X configuration in a production
> environment.

Er, let's get back to the full context:

  In no event shall Debian be liable for any special, indirect or
  consequential damages, or damages of any kind whatsoever, resulting from
  loss of use, data or profits, arising out of or in connection with the use
  or performance of any information posted on a Debian mailing list.

Can't we simply say:

  In no event shall Debian be liable for any special, indirect or
  consequential damages, or damages of any kind whatsoever, arising out
  of or in connection with the use of any information posted on a Debian
  mailing list.

There doesn't seem to be any need to describe the whole chain of events
leading to the damage :)

(I also skipped the "or performance" part as you suggested below.)
  
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