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
(5th Cir.~1993)). While GPLv3's drafters doubted that such authority would
apply to copyright licenses like the GPL, the FSF has nevertheless left
warranty and related disclaimers in \textsc{all caps} throughout all versions
of GPL\@\footnote{\textsc{One of the authors of this tutorial, Bradley
M.~Kuhn, has often suggested the aesthetically preferable compromise of a
specifically designed ``small caps'' font, such as this one, as an
alternative to} WRITING IN ALL CAPS IN THE DEFAULT FONT (LIKE THIS)\@.
The latter seems to add more ugliness than conspicuousness. Kuhn once
engaged in reversion war with a lawyer who disagreed, but that lawyer has
still yet to answer Kuhn's requests to produce any case law that argues
THIS IS INHERENTLY MORE CONSPICUOUS \textsc{Than this is}.}.
of GPL\@\footnote{One of the authors of this tutorial, Bradley M.~Kuhn, has
often suggested the aesthetically preferable compromise of a
\textsc{specifically designed ``small caps'' font, such as this one, as an
alternative to} WRITING IN ALL CAPS IN THE DEFAULT FONT (LIKE THIS),
since the latter adds more ugliness than conspicuousness. Kuhn once
engaged in reversion war with a lawyer who disagreed, but that lawyer never
answered Kuhn's requests for case law that argues THIS IS INHERENTLY MORE
CONSPICUOUS \textsc{Than this is}.}.
Some have argued the GPL is unenforceable in some jurisdictions because
its disclaimer of warranties is impermissibly broad. However, GPLv2~\S11