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"Unlike open-source projects that are simply distributed “as-is” with no warranties, but similar to other infrastructure projects, these codebases underpin a se
by ipaddr 1y ago
"Unlike open-source projects that are simply distributed “as-is” with no warranties, but similar to other infrastructure projects, these codebases underpin a service operated by Ruby Central, and its canonical clients, relied on by millions of developers every day to securely download and publish gems. "
Are they offering warranties?
What new privacy laws demand them signing some handcrafted legal document?
Is what they did legal?
Couldn't they fork to provide a secure version.
That one guy maintaining so many rubygems is the same guy who is offering a competing software solution that could reduce their profit stream is that the real reason?
- bilalq 1y agoI did a double-take when I read that as well. I went and checked the license under rubygems, and sure enough, it's standard MIT with no warranties. https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/blob/master/LICENSE.txt https://github.com/rubygems/rubygems/blob/master/LICENSE.txt
- bpt3 1y agoI'm willing to bet the people who published that have no idea what they just said, and probably don't understand what the MIT license contains.
- byroot 1y agoThey are talking about the rubygems.org package hosting service...
- onionisafruit 1y agoIt comes with a 100,000 mile drive train warranty.
- collingreen 1y agoYeah we've been meaning to talk to you about that warranty actually
- skywhopper 1y agoWhat warranty does it come with?
- byroot 1y agohttps://rubygems.org/policies https://rubygems.org/policies
- 12_throw_away 1y agoYep right there in the TOS: a. THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED STRICTLY ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, AND PROVIDER MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICE IS COMPLETE, SUITABLE FOR YOUR PURPOSE, RELIABLE, USEFUL, OR ACCURATE.
- byroot 1y agoThat’s not the only thing though. E.g. the collect PII, so I assume there are regulations to abide by etc.
- bpt3 1y agoThey're storing PII in the github repo they kicked the core maintainers out of? Just stop trying to make excuses for these people. They screwed up, and based on this press release, don't seem to have any interest in actually correcting those mistakes.
- bpt3 1y agoRight, take a look at Section 8 of the Terms of Service (https://rubygems.org/policies/terms-of-service https://rubygems.org/policies/terms-of-service): THE SERVICE IS PROVIDED STRICTLY ON AN “AS IS” AND “AS AVAILABLE” BASIS, AND PROVIDER MAKES NO WARRANTY THAT THE SERVICE IS COMPLETE, SUITABLE FOR YOUR PURPOSE, RELIABLE, USEFUL, OR ACCURATE. What warranty are they providing exactly?
- charcircuit 1y agoThe license is not an accurate way to check if there is a warranty or not.
- spoiler 1y agoI'm not a lawyer, so maybe a silly question: is it possible the software license is different from service warranty? And I guess another thing that comes to mind is that maybe they didn't mean _legal_ warranty, but something that was used colloquially?
- SAI_Peregrinus 1y agoThe MIT license is a copyright license. The developer is free to offer a warranty or any other contract they want.