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Caveat Emptor - Buyer Beware!

Caveat Emptor - Buyer Beware!

Posted Nov 1, 2009 13:32 UTC (Sun) by bawjaws (guest, #56952)
Parent article: Hudson: Corporate lobbying against free software

I find it amusing that the document clearly states its intention to create FUD by starting out with a
historical anecdote on the concept of Caveat Emptor (Buyer Beware) in US law.

I couldn't help but note that, rather than the buyer losing out, in this historical case it was the
customer who had the more up to date grasp on the situation and it was the vendor who was still
working under outdated assumptions that no longer held.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laidlaw_v._Organ


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