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What I find interesting in this context: Most FOSS licenses have a no-warranty and no fitness for any purpose clause: GPL 3: there is no warranty for the progr
by vaylian 4y ago
What I find interesting in this context: Most FOSS licenses have a no-warranty and no fitness for any purpose clause:
GPL 3: there is no warranty for the program, to the extent permitted by applicable law. except when otherwise stated in writing the copyright holders and/or other parties provide the program “as is” without warranty of any kind, ...
BSD-3-Clause: this software is provided by the author ``as is'' and any express or implied warranties, including, but not limited to, ...
Apache 1.1: this software is provided ``as is'' and any expressed or implied * warranties, ...
Which means that the liability lies entirely with the user if they use the software for something critical.
- bee_rider 4y agoDepending on the jurisdiction, courts might strike down or ignore parts of a license. On the other hand, you might not care what a court says, depending on your travel plans.