I have a slightly different analogy (law it seems is made like Hollywood films “It’s like Alien but on a Cruise ship”) Software is a form of literacy - not a p

I have a slightly different analogy (law it seems is made like Hollywood films “It’s like Alien but on a Cruise ship”) Software is a form of literacy - not a product. The product is the hardware. And the actions the hardware takes. So want to add two numbers together ? There is a specific set of transistors that does that. And machine code. But at some point the python code or the Haskell code is an expression of human thought - literacy. And you can choose different software to do the same adding up. One can write an article many different ways, biases, slants etc. But the publisher only chooses one And so businesses offer software products like publishers offer articles and books The publisher is liable And if your business is publishing other peoples articles and you not only have not read it but cannot even read, why is it the authors problem? I think this take on FOSS vs an article written for hire might be useful Inwoukd also suggest that there is a level of reliance on the “canon” - importing a standard library would not suggest liability for that library