Re: Changing temperature trip points

Alan Cox
2002-11-05T12:03:16Z

On Mon, 2002-11-04 at 21:20, Jörg Sonnenberger wrote:
> Dominik wrote:
> >While we're protected by the GPL so that nobody can sue us because of
> >this,
> >we should try to be a bit "friendly". And it doesn't lose us anything.
>
> At least for the German law, you are definitivly wrong. You can be sued
> for a known and not clearly stated fault in your "product".

Open source code isnt a product, nor is it sold, nor do you have any
other contract option than the GPL or refusal. Its just like any other
scientific publication, a refereed journal if you like. In fact the
contribution statistics actually even match that of a refereed journal

If you bought it in a box then the people who sold you the box may well
have duties but thats their problem. In the case of a PC which self
destructs when given perfectly valid code for a PC compatible to execute
(which may or may not be the case - I suspect HPaq people who actually
know the answer will indeed say the box is thermal protected) I suspect
the PC vendor would be the one at fault anyway, especially if they
described it as a "PC" or "IBM PC compatible". If they didn't well why
are you running software sold for IBM PC compatibles on it 8)

Alan

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