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Subject: legal disclaimers in software...
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Date: Wed, 4-Jul-84 01:29:27 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul  4 01:29:27 1984
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Date: 3 Jul 1984 17:03-PDT
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Subject: legal disclaimers in software...
From: William "Chops" Westfield <uw-beaver!BillW@SRI-KL>
To: info-mac@SUMEX

Ya know, a lot of this discussion took place on info-micro
about a month back, but people keep bringing up those disclaimers
that all software seems to have.  Folks, this isnt so that
publishers can foist off non-working software on inocent users.
Not usually anyway.  The purpose is to prevent (say) AT&T from
getting sued if a person accidently types 'rm * tmp' and wipes
out all his files.  This is analagous to film processers being
liable for only the cost of your roll of film.

  I recomend that everyone read a book on selling software to
get an idea of what is on the other side.  "legal care of your
software" by Dan Remmer is quite good.

BillW