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Is this for real? If there are people that want to hold independent volunteers responsible, that would kill the world. Most of our current technology is stacke
by FrustratedMonky 4y ago
Is this for real? If there are people that want to hold independent volunteers responsible, that would kill the world. Most of our current technology is stacked on top of OSS developers that worked for free. Now they can be responsible for any bug someone might find? Then, who would bother to continue putting code out there to share. This can't be right.
It would be like holding people responsible if someone got hit on the head by an apple that fell from the tree they planted as a volunteer on earth day.
- eternalban 4y agoWhat about the case of a major corporation releasing an OSS package.
- ketzu 4y ago> hold independent volunteers responsible iirc there is already a carveout for free open-source contributions, it only applies to (the very widely applicable) commercial activity. My understanding is, this letter is about developers organized as non-profits, but who are still paid for their work. One problem I got are package repositories publishing work and making money through other sources might be liable for all packages they host.
- oaiey 4y agoIt is for real, but what you write is why it will never hold up. It is a bug in the legal text.