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But isn't a demo or example code exactly the kind of thing one might want to disclaim liability for?
by nerdponx 5y ago
But isn't a demo or example code exactly the kind of thing one might want to disclaim liability for?
- eyelidlessness 5y agoConsider that code without any license at all, or even explicitly public domain. There is no implied liability at all. It carries as much legal risk as leaving a photocopied Anarchist Cookbook in your sock drawer.
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- yissp 5y agoIf that's really the case, why does pretty much every software license feel the need to include a liability disclaimer? Genuine question, I've often wondered about this.
- eyelidlessness 5y agoI suspect it has more power to prevent litigation (and disputes more generally) than to win anything? It’s also entirely possible it’s just [a much less derisive term than “cargo cult” which eludes me at the moment].
- ghaff 5y agoPro forma is probably the term you’re looking for.
- eyelidlessness 5y agoOh wow that is the term I was looking for! Thank you.
- duskwuff 5y agoThink even more trivial than a demo or an example -- think more along the lines of a "skeleton" project. Something that isn't even a runnable example yet, just the outline of where someone else's code will go. Whether something like this is even copyrightable is questionable. But releasing it under a license like MIT-0 removes any ambiguity -- whether it's copyrightable or not, the original author is allowing you to use it for anything at all, no strings attached.