French GPL-compatible License

[gandhi_quilombo]

Rui Miguel Seabra wrote:

>On Mon, 2004-07-12 at 09:24 +0200, Alexandre Dulaunoy wrote:
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>>On Mon, 12 Jul 2004, Ricardo Andere de Mello wrote:
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>>>Brazil had some legal issues regarding to GPL, mainly because it says
>>>for example that the distributor is not responsible for the software
>>>(like "provided as is"), but in brazilian law there are some severe laws
>>>to protect consumers that does not allow this.
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>>>
>>In the GNU  General Public License (11. and 12.),  there is a specific
>>note for  that : TO THE  EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE  LAW (11.) and
>>UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW (12.).
>>
>>I don't think this was a real issue.
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>Besides that, it's a literary work. Does Brazil have legal issues with
>books not providing responsability towards damage (for instance, one
>could gain vision problems reading certain books)?
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>

No, the consumers law protect against bad products, poor delivery, 
etc... You can easily have your money back or another product.
In brazilian traditional law the person must proove that is innocent, in 
consumers law, the company has to proove that is not guilty.

[]s, gandhi

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