From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Nicolas P. Rougier" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: [ELPA] New package: splash-screen Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2020 08:17:41 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87d02ej7bq.fsf@gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="18364"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: mu4e 1.4.13; emacs 27.1 Cc: larsi@gnus.org, Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Sep 24 08:18:32 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1kLKaO-0004gb-En for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2020 08:18:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58952 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kLKaN-0006Ph-GH for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2020 02:18:31 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:56132) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kLKZg-0005B5-Jb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 24 Sep 2020 02:17:48 -0400 Original-Received: from mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr ([192.134.164.104]:29477) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kLKZe-0000ZI-6L; Thu, 24 Sep 2020 02:17:48 -0400 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.77,296,1596492000"; d="scan'208";a="359892578" Original-Received: from 91-160-114-139.subs.proxad.net (HELO M-E7-NPR.local) ([91.160.114.139]) by mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384; 24 Sep 2020 08:17:41 +0200 In-reply-to: Received-SPF: pass client-ip=192.134.164.104; envelope-from=nicolas.rougier@inria.fr; helo=mail3-relais-sop.national.inria.fr X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/09/24 02:17:43 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = ??? X-Spam_score_int: -68 X-Spam_score: -6.9 X-Spam_bar: ------ X-Spam_report: (-6.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI=-5, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, URI_DOTEDU=0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:256389 Archived-At: > All GNU programs that have a splash screen should include > the copyright, license notice, and no warranty notice in it. > If you notice any exceptions, would you please tell me? > I will politely remind the maintainers of the importance of > doing this. >From what I've understood of the reference below [1], I think it implies that warranty should be conspicuously written: "U.C.C. Section 2-316 prescribes certain procedures that vendors must follow to disclaim implied warranties: disclaimers must be conspicuous; they may not conflict with express warranties; and they must use prescribed language." I'll put back the warranty notice. Nicolas [1] Robert W. Gomulkiewicz, The Implied Warranty of Merchantability in Software Contracts: A Warranty No One Dares to Give and How to Change That, 16 J. Marshall J. Computer & Info. L. 393 (1998) http://repository.jmls.edu/jitpl/vol16/iss2/6