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They should be held liable if their software bricks hardware.

• p_ing 1y ago
  Can you get Linus Bucks by replacing your efivars with Doom?
  • hosteur 1y ago
    You seem to be implying that Linus Thorvalds should also be liable for damage caused by Linux kernel. I don't think the analogy is good. You might be better off replacing Linus with Apple and Linux with macOS. In that case, I would definitely think Apple should be held liable if an update to macOS bricks some hardware in a Mac. But with Linux, it is different: You do not have a business relationship with Linus. Sure, if you bought your Linux distribution from, say Red Hat, and it bricks your server, I think you might have a good case against Red Hat(IBM).
    • p_ing 1y ago
      You took my reply a little too seriously :-)
    • outime 1y ago
      Torvalds* but I'm sure he'd not mind the extra H :)