selling GPLd software (was Re: (M)IDL compiler)

[Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton]

On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, Christopher R. Hertel wrote:

> On Mar 1,  6:12am, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
> :
> > i'm certain, however, that contract of sale legally binds the seller to
> > provide a warranty of some sort, even for a short period of time (1 week
> > if it's 2nd hand goods).
> 
> That's all up to local law.  The preamble states "no warranty" anyway.
> 
> What local law requires is out of scope for the GPL.

what i was trying to say, but forgot.