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Exactly what part of: THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHA
by tomjen3 5y ago
Exactly what part of:
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.
Suggests that maintainers have any responsibility over their code?
- fulafel 5y agoIt's not obvious that putting in this legalese covers you if you otherwise promote it as working software and invite people to use it, and details would depend on jurisdiction.
- closewith 5y agoHas Apache 2.0 ever been pierced in court anywhere?
- cutemonster 5y agoThere's a legal system too; that license text isn't the whole world. However in this case, to me it seems they obviously have nothing to worry about. (Since this bug was unintentional)