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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\section{GPLv2~\S11: No Warranty}
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\label{GPLv2s11}
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All warranty disclaimer language tends to be shouted in all capital
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letters. Apparently, there was once a case where the disclaimer language
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of an agreement was negated because it was not ``conspicuous'' to one of
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the parties. Therefore, to make such language ``conspicuous,'' people
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started placing it in bold or capitalizing the entire text. It now seems
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to be voodoo tradition of warranty disclaimer writing.
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Most warranty disclaimer language shout at you. The
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\href{http://www.law.cornell.edu/ucc/2/2-316}{Uniform Commercial
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Code~\S2-316} requires that disclaimers of warranty be ``conspicuous''.
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There is apparently general acceptance that \textsc{all caps} is the
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preferred way to make something conspicuous, and that has over decades worked
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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
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its disclaimer of warranties is impermissibly broad. However, GPLv2~\S11
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