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Re: General Gaming Public License, GGPL







>>  13. IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN
>>WRITING WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY
>>AND/OR REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU
>>FOR THE TIME OR MONEY YOU LOST WHEN PLAYING, WATCHING OR LISTENING TO
>>THE GAME.

>Apart from that - Why do have these no-warranty clauses always have to be
>written in ALL CAPS? I mean, they're already difficult enough to
>understand and ALL CAPS makes it even harder. On the other hand, exactly
>that migh be the reason...

Probably for the reason that they're supposed to be written without commas or
punctuation apart from full stops - to cut down the amount of arguing over
capitalisations and grammar that could result.