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> Open source software comes "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. As far as I'm aware, most proprietary licenses have the same disclaimer. Have you ever seen
by cyphar 10y ago
> Open source software comes "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND.
As far as I'm aware, most proprietary licenses have the same disclaimer. Have you ever seen Oracle getting sued when their database segfaults and loses data (in a similar way that a contractor would get sued for building a bridge that crashes)? You usually pay for support contracts with big enterprises, which have external guarantees and experts on call. Luckily, free software companies provide the same services without taking the freedom from the users of that software.
- corecoder 10y agoI'm not talking of the proprietary license, but of the exchange between buyer and seller. I've never talked to an Oracle salesperson, but I doubt that they'd say that the software isn't guaranteed to run and/or be useful. The same goes for FOSS when a consulting company is involved: they say that the software will work; my point is that that's the most likely way in which a large enterprise can run FOSS. There are other ways, of course: the decision can come from a high enough manager (or even from the CEO or CTO) who's willing to take the risk, but, indeed, they are taking a risk.