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Linux, open source, not covered under this requirement. Wikipedia tells me 'Winamp was first released in 1997, when Justin Frankel and Dmitry Boldyrev,[6][7][8
by eesmith 2y ago
Linux, open source, not covered under this requirement.
Wikipedia tells me 'Winamp was first released in 1997, when Justin Frankel and Dmitry Boldyrev,[6][7][8] formerly students at the University of Utah', which makes them not high-schoolers. It was released by Nullsoft, Inc.
GTK+ and GIMP, open source, not covered under this requirement.
CERN httpd, open source, not covered under this requirement.
By 'not covered under this requirement' I mean the following text in the directive applies:
> Free and open-source software, whereby the source code is openly shared and users can freely access, use, modify and redistribute the software or modified versions thereof, can contribute to research and innovation on the market. Such software is subject to licences that allow anyone the freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software. In order not to hamper innovation or research, this Directive should not apply to free and open-source software developed or supplied outside the course of a commercial activity, since products so developed or supplied are by definition not placed on the market.
- spwa4 2y agoAnd how does it apply to open source software if commercial activity is done with it. You install a PBX at a customer site? You install LibreOffice at a government site? The way I read this it's the first person that uses this for a commercial application that becomes liable.
- eesmith 2y agoThat has squat all to do with a 'high school kid or collage student' or CERN, which was the concern of the comment I replied to. If you install a PBX which is two years out of date and has a high-severity, easily-triggered security hole which has since been patched, who is responsible? Who should be responsible?