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Re:European Legislation Could Create Liability for Free-Soft... by lijok on Saturday September 30, 2023 @01:21PM (#37717602)
You're thinking in absolute terms. I think that might be the source of the disagreement.

I am not advocating that it should be illegal to publish OSS unless you can mathematically prove it is faultless. I am advocating that if you are going to publish software for public consumption you better be damn sure it wont cause harm, because you will be (should be) accountable for any harm caused.

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Re:European Legislation Could Create Liability for Free-Soft... by whatisyour on Saturday September 30, 2023 @02:06PM (#37718089)
Would manufacturer of knives be liable for knife attacks? The world runs on limited liability.
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Re:European Legislation Could Create Liability for Free-Soft... by lijok on Saturday September 30, 2023 @02:57PM (#37718580)
No, as in that scenario the knife is not being used for its intended purpose
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Re:European Legislation Could Create Liability for Free-Soft... by orangecat on Saturday September 30, 2023 @02:27PM (#37718308)
This would eliminate the vast majority of non-monetized open source, because authors would be exposing themselves to unbounded liability with no upside. I'd have to take down all my apps and repos even though as far as I know they have never caused any harm. Maybe you consider that an acceptable tradeoff; I don't.
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