Post B6tAbtq0ZiOthGXJ5c by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
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 (DIR) Post #B6suCRp9zfVAJ8ytn6 by mhoye@cosocial.ca
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       You'll never see a motorcycle helmet or a rigging harness sold on the terms we sell software every day because that's obviously criminal negligence. When people depend - and I don't mean "use", I mean "depend" - on your software then your software has crossed a line and your obligations to it are different.I do not know where that line is, but at some point "this software is provided as is with no warranty express or implied" is not a morally defensible position. https://pleroma.envs.net/objects/7162a70f-f92d-40a7-af11-bee2fe26d395
       
 (DIR) Post #B6suCS2HCtzexp7NEe by f4grx@chaos.social
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       @mhoye if you are talking about free software, I dont agree unless maintainers are paid for maintenance.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6suiqyA2XPjYpdxEu by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
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       @f4grx @mhoye Yeah, after all a public license is just a default, and not the only one you can get.So if warranties are involved, which can entirely be required by regulations (for example the EU Cyber Resiliency Act), get a proper contract.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6sv1385ZFaqUGxoJs by neverpanic@chaos.social
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       @mhoye The key word here is "sold". You're not paying for rsync, and neither is anybody else, but you do pay for your helmet or harness.I don't like the sloppification either, but the path forward is to find a coalition of people for whom this is a problem, fork the project, and maintain it.
       
 (DIR) Post #B6tAbtq0ZiOthGXJ5c by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
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       @khinsen @f4grx @mhoye Yeah, pretty sure that's RedHat bread and butter.