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Story: EC wants software makers held liable for code

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Concur - in parts

Andrew,

I can't say I agree with the idea of software developers being liable for software they've constructed - however, if a law to this effect was introduced, then yes, it should only be software which has been acquired through some form of commercial transaction that would fall within this legal scope.

Which brings me to a related item. I spent many years trying to convince businesses that they were not covered for losses due to software when buying proprietary software. People seemed to think that by paying a lot of money for software, that somehow the vendors of that software would and could be held accountable.

It seems that few people actually read the EULAs of said software, and seemed to think that they had more rights to claims than they would with corresponding open source software.

So I had a bit of a go at some edification ;-)

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