Re: warranties

2001-01-31 Thread Carol A. Kunze
At 07:45 PM 1/30/01 -0800, David Johnson wrote: On Tuesday 30 January 2001 05:23 am, Carol A. Kunze wrote: Implied warranties on open source software do not make sense because there is no license income to support granting a warranty. Why do warranties have to depend on license income? Why

Re: warranties

2001-01-31 Thread John Cowan
Carol A. Kunze wrote: The question is, could a supplier provide a free download version of Linux, and then "sell" printed documentation and installation service together for $29.95. Based on what I just paid for a book on how to use one of my software programs that looks like a good deal to

Re: warranties

2001-01-31 Thread kmself
on Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 05:23:14AM -0800, Carol A. Kunze ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I do not believe implied warranties should apply to open source software. IAAL, however, IANYL and this is not intended, nor should it be construed as legal advice. I will confine my remarks to one point,

Re: warranties

2001-01-31 Thread kmself
on Wed, Jan 31, 2001 at 12:58:46PM -0800, Carol A. Kunze ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: on Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 05:23:14AM -0800, Carol A. Kunze ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Given that open source software does not generate license income, implying a warranty is not reasonable. Put another

Re: warranties

2001-01-31 Thread Carol A. Kunze
on Tue, Jan 30, 2001 at 05:23:14AM -0800, Carol A. Kunze ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I do not believe implied warranties should apply to open source software. IAAL, however, IANYL and this is not intended, nor should it be construed as legal advice. I will confine my remarks to one point,