core freedom-defending provisions of GPLv2\@, which are in GPLv2~\S\S0--3.

GPLv2\S\S~4--7 of the GPLv2 are designed to ensure that GPLv2~\S\S0--3 are

not infringed, are enforceable, are kept to the confines of copyright law but

entirely separate legal systems.  In short, while GPLv2~\S\S0--3 are the parts

of the license that defend the freedoms of users and programmers,

GPLv2~\S\S4--7 are the parts of the license that keep the playing field clear

\section{GPLv2~\S11: No Warranty}

\label{GPLv2s11}

\href{http://www.law.cornell.edu/ucc/2/2-316}{Uniform Commercial

  Code~\S2-316} requires that disclaimers of warranty be ``conspicuous''.

There is apparently general acceptance that \textsc{all caps} is the

its way into the voodoo tradition of warranty disclaimer writing.

That said, there is admittedly some authority under USA law suggesting that

capitalization and is absent when a disclaimer has the same typeface as the

terms surrounding it (see \textit{Stevenson v.~TRW, Inc.}, 987 F.2d 288, 296

(5th Cir.~1993)).  While GPLv3's drafters doubted that such authority would