Proposal for P2P disclaimer text

[Waldo Bastian]

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On Thu March 18 2004 17:31, Martin Köbele wrote:
> On Thursday 18 March 2004 16:44, Martin Köbele wrote:
> > GPL §0:  "[...]The act of running the Program is not restricted,[...]".
> >
> >
> > So we can't restrict, we could warn though.
>
> even better are §11 and §12 in the "NO WARRANTY"-section.
> (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html)
>
> After reading this, I think we don't need a p2p-disclaimer at all.
> It is up to the user and the developers are not liable.

That's of course assuming that these clauses are enforcable. However, as per 
§5 a user could argue that he has not accepted the terms of the GPL and that 
therefor its terms are not applicable. There is also a danger that the broad 
disclaimer terms in §11 and §12 are considered in breach of local consumer 
protection laws and voided as a result.

Cheers,
Waldo
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