On Sunday 01 October 2006 01:58, Arnoud Engelfriet wrote: > Laws like the Uniform Commercial Code do require that disclaimers > of warranty be "by a writing and conspicuous". > http://www.law.cornell.edu/ucc/2/article2.htm#s2-316
Just a quick chirp from a d-l lurker with a JD that the above is a pretty common concept in consumer protection type laws and, as referenced, the UCC. Of course, there is discussion about what is "conspicuous," but it's not really a very litigated topic. The key is the text be distinguishable from the rest of the license. I did some focus group research for Microsoft a few years back where they were experimenting with converting their licenses to regular text and using boxes for "conspicuous" text. I, and the research group, felt they were pretty effective. I think you're pretty stuck with ASCII though... maybe you could get away with some fancy ASCII art. -Sean -- Sean Kellogg e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] w: http://blog.probonogeek.org/ So, let go ...Jump in ...Oh well, what you waiting for? ...it's all right ...'Cause there's beauty in the breakdown
