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Re:Dev corrupts NPM libs 'colors' and 'faker', breaking thou... by dariusj18 on Monday January 10, 2022 @09:58PM (#29886813)
No, I apply legal to both. Payment is not required and breaking it intentionally to do harm is illegal. Intent matters.
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Re:Dev corrupts NPM libs 'colors' and 'faker', breaking thou... by DarkWiiPlayer on Saturday January 15, 2022 @05:55AM (#29945439)
Taking the disclaimer in the MIT license for example:

> THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

This makes it pretty clear: The author is NOT liable.

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