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Many countries like to ensure a certain level of food security by growing essential foods domestically or importing them from good allies. Yet, farmers also don

Many countries like to ensure a certain level of food security by growing essential foods domestically or importing them from good allies. Yet, farmers also don't have any responsibility. They only respond to incentives set up by the government.

bee_rider 4y ago
I mean, you can always quit your job of course, but if you sell food I guess you have some responsibility to make a reasonable effort to ensure it isn’t poisonous.
ClumsyPilot 4y ago
> Yet, farmers also don't have any responsibility. Em, no, your food has to adhere to numerous rules around use of pesticides, livestock loving conditions, disease (can't sell infected meat) and statutory reporting. Developers on the other hand have no responsebility about quality of their code, unless it's outright malevolent i.e. a virus
- abdullahkhalids 4y ago
  Yes, but that's because farmers are selling the food. If developers sell software, they should be liable for providing software according to spec. In both case, the act of selling is done under an implicit or explicit contract. But if they are FOSS developers, there is no contract, because there is no exchange. In this case, developers should have about as much responsibility as say authors who write books for the public. They should be liable if they go out of their way to write harmful information/software, but if they took reasonable precautions, they should be fine.
  - Dalewyn 4y ago
    >They should be liable if they go out of their way to write harmful information/software, In the interests of free speech I staunchly disagree. If someone writes a virus, that should not be a crime. If someone uses that virus to cause harm or damage, that should be a crime.
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  - luckylion 4y ago
    > Yes, but that's because farmers are selling the food. So if you ran a charity that gave the food away for free, you wouldn't be held to all the regulation around pesticides, hygiene etc?

bee_rider 4y ago

I mean, you can always quit your job of course, but if you sell food I guess you have some responsibility to make a reasonable effort to ensure it isn’t poisonous.

ClumsyPilot 4y ago

> Yet, farmers also don't have any responsibility. Em, no, your food has to adhere to numerous rules around use of pesticides, livestock loving conditions, disease (can't sell infected meat) and statutory reporting. Developers on the other hand have no responsebility about quality of their code, unless it's outright malevolent i.e. a virus

abdullahkhalids 4y ago
Yes, but that's because farmers are selling the food. If developers sell software, they should be liable for providing software according to spec. In both case, the act of selling is done under an implicit or explicit contract. But if they are FOSS developers, there is no contract, because there is no exchange. In this case, developers should have about as much responsibility as say authors who write books for the public. They should be liable if they go out of their way to write harmful information/software, but if they took reasonable precautions, they should be fine.
- Dalewyn 4y ago
  >They should be liable if they go out of their way to write harmful information/software, In the interests of free speech I staunchly disagree. If someone writes a virus, that should not be a crime. If someone uses that virus to cause harm or damage, that should be a crime.
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- luckylion 4y ago
  > Yes, but that's because farmers are selling the food. So if you ran a charity that gave the food away for free, you wouldn't be held to all the regulation around pesticides, hygiene etc?