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You can't just disclaim all legal liability like that. Lots of businesses have you sign waivers that absolve them of all liability in the even of injury or dea
by tikhonj 2y ago
You can't just disclaim all legal liability like that.
Lots of businesses have you sign waivers that absolve them of all liability in the even of injury or death even if caused by negligence, but they can still be successfully sued or even criminally prosecuted. Which is a good thing! A waiver should not be a pass to be willfully negligent much less actively malicious.
How that applies to open source software is a deep technical and legal question and I don't have a clear answer, but I'm certain that just including a disclaimer is not sufficient on its own.
- candiodari 2y agoIsn't accepting the license supposed to be equivalent to signing a waiver? The reasoning is what huge corps keep using: if you don't accept the license, there is nothing that gives you the right to use the software, or even look at the software. Certainly you do not get to use it for any purpose whatsoever, in which case it wouldn't be possible to do damage.