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Re:The Lack of Compensation in Open Source Software Is Unsus... by growse on Friday November 17, 2023 @11:02AM (#38305367)
You and I are reading "SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION." very differently.
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Re:The Lack of Compensation in Open Source Software Is Unsus... by teddyh on Friday November 17, 2023 @01:26PM (#38307741)
At best, that only covers bug fixes. And, as I said, bug fixes are usually implied to be available in future releases.
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Re:The Lack of Compensation in Open Source Software Is Unsus... by andrewjl on Friday November 17, 2023 @03:43PM (#38309931)
> At best, that only covers bug fixes. And, as I said, bug fixes are usually implied to be available in future releases

Can you explain how you got to that interpretation from that phrasing?

> SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, REPAIR OR CORRECTION.

And how is future development and / or support not covered under servicing of that clause?

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Re:The Lack of Compensation in Open Source Software Is Unsus... by teddyh on Friday November 17, 2023 @03:55PM (#38310165)
Fixing defects is a different activity from support and future development, no?
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Re:The Lack of Compensation in Open Source Software Is Unsus... by andrewjl on Friday November 17, 2023 @08:42PM (#38313802)
Why is that distinction important? Especially in light of the first sentence of the paragraph that sentence is embedded in.

> THERE IS NO WARRANTY FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

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