[erlang-questions] ...ANY KIND, either express or implied

[Lee Sylvester]

Legalese is a language unto itself.  Could do with a compiler and
interpreter if someones up for it ;-)

On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 4:24 PM, Richard A. O'Keefe <ok@REDACTED>
wrote:

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> On 11/04/16 3:43 pm, Leo Liu wrote:
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>> In many module headers in OTP there is this sentence:
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>>          %% WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express
>> or implied.
>>
>> I wonder if `express' should be changed to `expressed'.
>>
> No.
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> OED "express, adj" sense 3a:
>     Of a meaning, purpose, stipulation, law, etc.:
>     Expressed and not merely implied; definitely formulated;
>     definite, explicit.  Of language, statements, indications:
>     Definite, unmistakable in import.
>
> Standard legal language.  You find exactly the same words in
> the MIT "License", for example.
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