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Consider 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
by eyelidlessness 5y ago
Consider 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.