[way off-topic] legal disclaimers [Was: Re: Using Red hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) at home]

[Deron Meranda]

On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 11:20:01 -0600, Aleksandar Milivojevic
<amilivojevic at pbl.ca> wrote:
> Lelegard Thierry wrote:
> > This message and any attachments (the "message") is intended solely for the
> > addressees and is confidential. If you receive this message in error, please
> > delete it and immediately notify the sender.
> > Any use not in accordance with its purpose, any dissemination or disclosure,
> > either whole or partial, is prohibited except formal approval.
> > The E-Mail transmission can not guarantee the integrity of this message.
> > NAGRA FRANCE will not therefore be liable for the message if modified.


Yes, email "legal" disclaimers are usually pretty stupid and
mostly non-legally binding.  You might want to see

http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/stupid-disclaimers/

I suppose there could be some legitimate ones, perhaps for
Government stuff.  But for the most part they are nothing more
than an expression of some lawyer trying to show how powerful
he is without regarding any common sense.

An disclaimers are almost never appropriate for open mailing
lists like this one.
-- 
Deron Meranda