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You're thinking in absolute terms. I think that might be the source of the disagreement. I am not advocating that it should be illegal to publish OSS unless yo
by lijok 3y ago
You're thinking in absolute terms. I think that might be the source of the disagreement.
I am not advocating that it should be illegal to publish OSS unless you can mathematically prove it is faultless. I am advocating that if you are going to publish software for public consumption you better be damn sure it wont cause harm, because you will be (should be) accountable for any harm caused.
- whatisyour 3y agoWould manufacturer of knives be liable for knife attacks? The world runs on limited liability.
- lijok 3y agoNo, as in that scenario the knife is not being used for its intended purpose
- orangecat 3y agoThis would eliminate the vast majority of non-monetized open source, because authors would be exposing themselves to unbounded liability with no upside. I'd have to take down all my apps and repos even though as far as I know they have never caused any harm. Maybe you consider that an acceptable tradeoff; I don't.