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> Legally, I think somewhere in their license it says is that they're not responsible in any way or form if their software malfunctions in any way. I really sh
by akdev1l 2y ago
> Legally, I think somewhere in their license it says is that they're not responsible in any way or form if their software malfunctions in any way.
I really should add this to my resume and see if it’ll work.
- seanw444 2y agoNah, it only works for corporations. Peons still have accountability.
- consteval 2y agoI think about this all the time. Like if I kill someone of course I go to jail. But if I get some people together, say we're a company, and then kill 100 people, nobody goes to jail. How does that work? What a huge loophole.
- ExoticPearTree 2y agoWhile it sounds funny, it doesn't work like that. We'd be having a real corporate shootouts everyday all over the place :))
- roxil 2y agoPhillips (the company) basically killed people with malfunctioning CPAP machines (which are meant to help against sleep apnea) and no one went to jail. So that's a practical example.
- School-Cotton 2y agoI don't think that's true in this case. I've never heard of an individual employee who introduced a bug being legally liable for it.
- TheCoelacanth 2y agoIt's already the norm for devs to not be responsible for software malfunctions. They can choose to end their relationship with you, but they can't sue you for damages.