Wow. This attitude is exactly why I don’t post software anymore. I’m not delusional; I know that the world might be better off without my creations littering i

Wow. This attitude is exactly why I don’t post software anymore. I’m not delusional; I know that the world might be better off without my creations littering it. But if I were an attorney advising $Bigcorp, messages just like this one are why I would advise against posting any free software unless there is a business case for how the benefit outweighs the risk. And a disclaimer does not eliminate risk, not even the heightened disclaimer you suggest (why isn’t the disclaimer in the license enough?) The instant I have to defend a lawsuit, I’ve lost. It doesn’t matter if the suit is meritless and I “win.” Then instant someone sues me, the only winner is my lawyer. I guess this was all inevitable when people started relying on free software. They somehow think people who have given them something for free owe them something. I guess this works fine when the giver is $Bigcorp doing it for profit-seeking reasons. But this attitude is going to strangle the old small-time hobbyists who really were just scratching an itch. Now I know why some software is posted under pseudonyms.