I am not a lawyer. That doesn't seem likely. Offering something for free doesn't mean you're legally off the hook for what it does. That's especially true when

I am not a lawyer. That doesn't seem likely. Offering something for free doesn't mean you're legally off the hook for what it does. That's especially true when the "free" thing you're offering is part of a package deal that you're selling to the public. If they're rolling out an emergency relay, they'd better be confident that it'll work the vast, vast majority of the time.