From: Richard Fontana <rfontana@redhat.com>
To: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: linux-spdx@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Batch 1 - patch 13/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - gpl-2.0_240.RULE
Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2022 16:15:58 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAC1cPGy1dH7Onx0esUnvU3r80_czNsQk5=2RWxymy+PkE+R9QA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20220606195512.641670264@linutronix.de>
On Mon, Jun 6, 2022 at 3:58 PM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> wrote:
>
> Folks!
> References: <20220606194042.428568932@linutronix.de>
> MIME-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
>
> Based on the normalized pattern:
>
> this program is free software you can redistribute it and/or modify it
> under the terms of the gnu general public license as published by the
> free software foundation version 2 of the license this program is
> distributed in the hope that it will be useful but without any
> warranty without even the implied warranty of merchantability or
> fitness for a particular purpose see the gnu general public license
> for more details no warranty the program is provided on an as is
> basis without warranties or conditions of any kind either express or
> implied including without limitation any warranties or conditions of
> title non-infringement merchantability or fitness for a particular
> purpose each recipient is solely responsible for determining the
> appropriateness of using and distributing the program and assumes all
> risks associated with its exercise of rights under this agreement
> including but not limited to the risks and costs of program errors
> damage to or loss of data programs or equipment and unavailability or
> interruption of operations disclaimer of liability neither recipient
> nor any contributors shall have any liability for any direct indirect
> incidental special exemplary or consequential damages (including
> without limitation lost profits) however caused and on any theory of
> liability whether in contract strict liability or tort (including
> negligence or otherwise) arising in any way out of the use or
> distribution of the program or the exercise of any rights granted
> hereunder even if advised of the possibility of such damages
Another example of a possibly-significant deviation from the GPLv2
disclaimer language.
Richard
prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-06-06 20:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-06-06 19:58 [Batch 1 - patch 13/25] treewide: Replace GPLv2 boilerplate/reference with SPDX - gpl-2.0_240.RULE Thomas Gleixner
2022-06-06 20:15 ` Richard Fontana [this message]
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