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[troymc]

The software industry has a tradition of inserting a "Disclaimer of Warranty" and a "Limitation of Liability" into all licenses. Do those hold up in court? I don't know.

It is bizarre. Imagine if car companies did that.

Example 1: The GNU GPL, sections 15-17, http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html

Example 2: Microsoft Services Agreement, sections 11 & 12: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/microsoft-service...