Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 11:00:50 -0400 (EDT) From: Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> To: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG, ragnar@sysabend.org Subject: Re: BSD, GPL, the world today. Message-ID: <199905131500.LAA42450@lakes.dignus.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990513102928.2143A-100000@beelzebubba.sysabend.org>
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Actually - this comes down to the argument of what the market will bear, contract law, and the legal ramifications of bugs/problems. You "bought" the software, and agreed to the license terms when you opened the box, didn't you - Caveat Emptor. As long as you keep buying it, people/companies will keep making it. And, being a software manafacturer myself (see http://www.dignus.com) - the thought of having legal responsibility for a potential problem in my software (which you've mentioned, despite anyone's best efforts, will have bugs) is very scary. I would want to pass that responsibility to the developers who wrote it, just as a bridge engineer is responsible for the bridge he designs. Then, the developers would, presumably, have to become licensed and have professional development/malpractice insurance... which ultimately drives up the price of the software. So, as everyone else, we disclaim everything up-front in our license agreement and sell our software at reasonable prices. But -hackers isn't likely the place for this... - Dave Rivers - To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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