Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: GPL Violation? | From | Bernd Petrovitsch <> | Date | Fri, 18 Aug 2006 10:53:03 +0200 |
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On Fri, 2006-08-18 at 00:45 +0100, Ian Stirling wrote: [...] > With the appropriate disclaimers on the box, it cannot function > incorrectly, as you will know that the thumb-print reader won't
Providing that a judge doesn't rule otherwise in court based on local laws. And judges rule (most of the time) also based on common sense (e.g. if you buy a copy-protected music CD/DVD and you cannot play it on an ordinary CD/DVD player, the CD/DVD is "broken" and must be replaced by the shop where you bought it or you get your money back returning the defective CD/DVD). And yes, there are (lots of other) issues you can't legally remove with any disclaimer (at least in .at - and probably more continental European countries).
> work if you upgrade the kernel, and if you intend to do so, > you don't buy.
If you tamper with the product "as you like" (read: in unintended ways, not through officially available interfaces, etc.), there are IMHO (in .at) no disclaimers necessary - the producer has no responsibility any more from the moment you start tampering.
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