From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Jan 17 16:42:19 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from joshua.nobaloney.net (joshua.nobaloney.net [63.108.93.100]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7157F37B419 for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2002 16:42:12 -0800 (PST) Received: from nobaloney.net (adsl-64-170-52-104.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net [64.170.52.104]) (authenticated) by ns1.ns-one.net (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id g0I0fxG29857 for ; Thu, 17 Jan 2002 16:41:59 -0800 Message-ID: <3C476F57.88790714@nobaloney.net> Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 16:41:59 -0800 From: Jeff Lasman Organization: nobaloney.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Win98; U) X-Accept-Language: en,en-US MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Software warranty and liability References: <20020117173804.A4333@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org j mckitrick wrote: > Does anyone else find it interesting there are lobbyists fighting to > force GPL software to come with a warranty, while most proprietary > developers have an EULA that protects them from nearly all liability? In the United States there's a doctrine of implied warranty. That's why most warranties say they're a "Limited Warranty"; their entire purpose, generally, is to protect companies from liability, not to offer any meaningful warranty. Sad but true state of affairs. Jeff -- Jeff Lasman Linux and Cobalt/Sun/RaQ Consulting nobaloney.net P. O. Box 52672, Riverside, CA 92517 voice: (909) 778-9980 * fax: (702) 548-9484 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message