Software liability laws: a dangerous solution

Software liability laws: a dangerous solution

Posted Sep 9, 2007 1:47 UTC (Sun) by giraffedata (subscriber, #1954)
In reply to: Software liability laws: a dangerous solution by NAR
Parent article: Software liability laws: a dangerous solution

Not selling flawed software to the clueless users is also good for the (virtual) environment, meaning less botnets, less spam, less DoS attacks, etc.

OK, that's a good point and my argument may have wandered a little from the point. But I think it's still possible that putting the liability on the buyer does the job better. Hungary could have achieved the same thing by outlawing driving of new two-cycle cars, putting the regulation closer to the actual source of the problem.

I've thought for a long time that the solution to the spam problem is to make people -- even bot hosts -- pay to send email. This would cause users to demand that their ISPs limit their ability to send mail and to invest in virus control measures. Or software without bugs, if that's how the viruses are getting in.

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