Last wordsmith pass of this footnote. It's not worth more time than this,
I'm just having fun with it.
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@ -2156,14 +2156,14 @@ terms surrounding it (see \textit{Stevenson v.~TRW, Inc.}, 987 F.2d 288, 296
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(5th Cir.~1993)). While GPLv3's drafters doubted that such authority would
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apply to copyright licenses like the GPL, the FSF has nevertheless left
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warranty and related disclaimers in \textsc{all caps} throughout all versions
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of GPL\@\footnote{\textsc{One of the authors of this tutorial, Bradley
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M.~Kuhn, has often suggested the aesthetically preferable compromise of a
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specifically designed ``small caps'' font, such as this one, as an
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alternative to} WRITING IN ALL CAPS IN THE DEFAULT FONT (LIKE THIS)\@.
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The latter seems to add more ugliness than conspicuousness. Kuhn once
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engaged in reversion war with a lawyer who disagreed, but that lawyer has
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still yet to answer Kuhn's requests to produce any case law that argues
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THIS IS INHERENTLY MORE CONSPICUOUS \textsc{Than this is}.}.
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of GPL\@\footnote{One of the authors of this tutorial, Bradley M.~Kuhn, has
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often suggested the aesthetically preferable compromise of a
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\textsc{specifically designed ``small caps'' font, such as this one, as an
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alternative to} WRITING IN ALL CAPS IN THE DEFAULT FONT (LIKE THIS),
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since the latter adds more ugliness than conspicuousness. Kuhn once
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engaged in reversion war with a lawyer who disagreed, but that lawyer never
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answered Kuhn's requests for case law that argues THIS IS INHERENTLY MORE
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CONSPICUOUS \textsc{Than this is}.}.
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Some have argued the GPL is unenforceable in some jurisdictions because
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its disclaimer of warranties is impermissibly broad. However, GPLv2~\S11
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