Disclaimer

[Amanda Brock]

Hi there

Wording is there for legal purposes and should remain.  Warranty refers
to the applicable statutory warrantie etc s.  Please do not remove.

Kat Kinnie in marketing owns this and I have ccd her.

With kind regards

Amanda

AmandaBrock
Solicitor / General Counsel
Canonical
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Fabian Rodriguez wrote:
> Adam Sommer wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Dustin Kirkland <kirkland at ubuntu.com
>> <mailto:kirkland at ubuntu.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>     I'm curious if the "free software" and "no warranty" paragraphs are
>>     still necessary/useful?  Do they belong in the MOTD, printed *every*
>>     time a user logs onto a system on the command line?
> 
> Declaring Ubuntu is free software because most of it is free is a bit of
> a stretch. I believe "The programs included with the Ubuntu system in
> its main repository are free software; the exact distribution terms for
> each program are described in the individual files in
> /usr/share/doc/*/copyright."
> 
> or
> 
> "The programs included with the Ubuntu system in its main repository are
> mostly free software; the exact distribution terms for each program are
> described in the individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright."
> 
> Even stating it's free software is completely unnecessary IMO. Isn't
> that what the terms/licenses declare (redundantly so) ?
> 
> "Ubuntu comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
> applicable law."
> 
> If we define "Ubuntu" as everything in main, universe and multiverse,
> and "Warranty" as applying to technical functionality, that may be true.
>   But how about this:
> http://www.ubuntu.com/support/paid/assurance
> 
> That's hardly "absolutely no warranty". I don't have an easy answer
> here, perhaps the community council and legal counsel at Canonical could
> help.
> 
> Regarding the fear it can instill when someone logs in for the first
> time and sees that, I believe it could be balanced with:
> 
>     To get help with Ubuntu, please visit:
> 	http://www.ubuntu.com/support
> 
> That link includes links to the official doc, support options and more,
> which may prove much more useful than a link to documentation that
> doesn't even mention getting free help elsewhere.
> 
> To be fair the professional services section on that page should then
> include a direct link to the Ubuntu Marketplace.
> 
> Fabian Rodriguez, Ubuntu Systems Senior Support Analyst
> Canonical Global Support & Services, Montreal, QC, Canada
> http://landscape.canonical.com
> 
>