Ahh, the need for disclaimers. [LWN.net]

Ahh, the need for disclaimers.

Posted Mar 27, 2006 15:54 UTC (Mon) by kirkengaard (subscriber, #15022)
In reply to: A day in the life of the CentOS team by lutchann
Parent article: A day in the life of the CentOS team

"I am not responsible for the actions of the people using my software. I have no implicit relationship to my users except as the developer of software they freely choose to use. The mere fact that my users choose to advertise their use of my software should not be taken as evidence of any more relationship than that already expressed, and is in no way a personal statement which can, or should, be traced to me. The users of my software speak for themselves.

Should you have issues to discuss with any of the users of my software, you will need to contact them personally to address these issues. Contacting the developer over issues with a third party is futile."

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Ahh, the need for disclaimers.

Posted Mar 27, 2006 16:23 UTC (Mon) by kirkengaard (subscriber, #15022) [Link]

hmm. Not strictly true.

"My responsibility for the actions of the users of my software only extends as far as it does for the manufacturer of any other tool. As hand-tool manufacturers are not responsible for the quality of, or expressions contained within, the projects built using their products, no more am I responsible for the content or structure of the projects made using my software, except in as much as the design constraints of my software limit the shape of projects made with said software."