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> getting remedies from a commercial entity is often difficult and expensive--even for a company and certainly for an individual Depends on the country. The co
by diggan 2y ago
> getting remedies from a commercial entity is often difficult and expensive--even for a company and certainly for an individual
Depends on the country. The countries I've lived in (Spain & Sweden) both have "Small claims court" which you (as a individual) can go through for relatively speedy (and free) resolutions to minor things, and avoids the traditional (slow) court procedures. This might be EU wide, not sure.
> you seem to be making a case that no one should ever use unsupported open source for anything important
No, I'm trying to make the case that people and businesses need to be more aware of what the license of the software they're using, is under.
If the software license says "THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND" but you need some sort of warranty, then either find an entity willing to provide that for this specific piece of software, chose another project, or fork it and provide your own warranty yourself.
- ghaff 2y agoIf you've had a major outage or security breach, small claims court will probably not help you much against someone who may not even be in your country or be incorporated. >but you need some sort of warranty, then either find an entity willing to provide that for this specific piece of software, chose another project, or fork it and provide your own warranty yourself. Totally agree with this though. As someone who worked for a commercial open source vendor for a number of years, if you're dependent on Linux, Kubernetes, etc. for your business you should have a commercial subscription. >or fork it and provide your own warranty yourself. Realizing you're now on the hook to do your own development/support ad infinitum which is usually a bad idea.