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If MSFT had to pay the cost of vulnerabilities then Windows would cost a lot more. Also, who would pay for Linux vulnerabilities? Would anyone contribute to ope

If MSFT had to pay the cost of vulnerabilities then Windows would cost a lot more. Also, who would pay for Linux vulnerabilities? Would anyone contribute to open source if they were liable for any damage caused by their contribution?

colejohnson66 6y ago
That’s a good point about Linux. The GPL boilerplate already includes: > This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. The author including that line is saying “despite what you think this software may do (creating implied warranties and the like), it doesn’t matter. I can’t be held liable for your usage of this code/software.” Would forced liability mean open source licenses like the GPL wouldn’t be able to have those sentences mean anything?