Re: [libreplanet-discuss] GNU GPL vs Consumer Guarantees Act

2016-09-15 Thread Adam Van Ymeren
On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 6:06 AM, Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 08:24:36PM +1200, Kesara Rathnayake wrote: >> Hi Cascardo, >> >> Thanks for the reply. >> Your explanation makes sense. >> I think I have to looked into see how NZ Consumer

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] GNU GPL vs Consumer Guarantees Act

2016-09-15 Thread Kesara Rathnayake
Hi Cascardo, Thanks for the reply. Your explanation makes sense. I think I have to looked into see how NZ Consumer Guarantees act applies to goods and services distributed for free. Cheers, Kesara On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 08:12:12PM -0300, Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo wrote: > On Mon, Sep 12,

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] GNU GPL vs Consumer Guarantees Act

2016-09-15 Thread Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo
On Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 08:24:36PM +1200, Kesara Rathnayake wrote: > Hi Cascardo, > > Thanks for the reply. > Your explanation makes sense. > I think I have to looked into see how NZ Consumer Guarantees act applies > to goods and services distributed for free. > See Part 5, Section 41

Re: [libreplanet-discuss] GNU GPL vs Consumer Guarantees Act

2016-09-12 Thread Tyler Romeo
On Mon, Sep 12, 2016 at 6:12 AM, Kesara Rathnayake wrote: > > Can the “Consumer Guarantees acts" like these affect the original authors, > even though they didn't sell the software? I have not read the exact law, but I would imagine, at the very least, if the original authors are

[libreplanet-discuss] GNU GPL vs Consumer Guarantees Act

2016-09-12 Thread Kesara Rathnayake
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA512 Hi all, In one of the talks [1] on 2016 Kiwi PyCon (New Zealand's annual Python conference) [2], the presenter mentioned that GNU GPL's "Disclaimer of Warranty" is invalid against New Zealand consumer guarantee act [3] which offers warranty