Rewrite of the paragraph about conspicuous warranty disclaimers.
I went looking for that case that Dan mentioned to me when I wrote that, but couldn't find it. He never told me what it was, so I don't think I should reference it. If we haven't found it in 10 years, maybe it doesn't exist?
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							|  | @ -2097,12 +2097,12 @@ copyright licenses. | |||
| \section{GPLv2~\S11: No Warranty} | ||||
| \label{GPLv2s11} | ||||
| 
 | ||||
| All warranty disclaimer language tends to be shouted in all capital | ||||
| letters. Apparently, there was once a case where the disclaimer language | ||||
| of an agreement was negated because it was not ``conspicuous'' to one of | ||||
| the parties. Therefore, to make such language ``conspicuous,'' people | ||||
| started placing it in bold or capitalizing the entire text. It now seems | ||||
| to be voodoo tradition of warranty disclaimer writing. | ||||
| Most warranty disclaimer language shout at you.  The | ||||
| \href{http://www.law.cornell.edu/ucc/2/2-316}{Uniform Commercial | ||||
|   Code~\S2-316} requires that disclaimers of warranty be ``conspicuous''. | ||||
| There is apparently general acceptance that \textsc{all caps} is the | ||||
| preferred way to make something conspicuous, and that has over decades worked | ||||
| its way into the voodoo tradition of warranty disclaimer writing. | ||||
| 
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| Some have argued the GPL is unenforceable in some jurisdictions because | ||||
| its disclaimer of warranties is impermissibly broad. However, GPLv2~\S11 | ||||
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