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Doesn't it depend on severability provisions in the license, or for the lack thereof, a severability ruling by a court, whether the license is voided if the lia
by sverhagen 2y ago
Doesn't it depend on severability provisions in the license, or for the lack thereof, a severability ruling by a court, whether the license is voided if the liability limitation is ruled to be illegal? Or... to become illegal, in case such laws are enacted after the license is accepted?
- gavinhoward 2y agoIn most cases, no, at least according to the lawyer I have. He did put in a phrase that nullifies the license when a new ruling comes out or a new law is passed. Essentially, you may have accepted the license, but since I included the condition that the disclaimer is legal, I can withdraw the license for that reason. Having conditions for withdrawing the license is well-established. Without it, the GPL would not work because otherwise, it could not become void for an entity that doesn't share changes. IOW, you may have accepted the license, but that doesn't remove my power to take it away.