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Bottomley: Solving the Looming Developer Liability Problem

Bottomley: Solving the Looming Developer Liability Problem

Posted Dec 12, 2023 20:42 UTC (Tue) by kleptog (subscriber, #1183)
In reply to: Bottomley: Solving the Looming Developer Liability Problem by pizza
Parent article: Bottomley: Solving the Looming Developer Liability Problem

> And before I had a legal business registered, I was still "accepting recurring compensation" from EU-based entities for support/bugfix activities. AKA the primary mechanism that "hobby" F/OSS writers use to offset their F/OSS operational costs.

Sounds to me like you're providing a bugfixing service, not selling a product. So I don't see how product liability is relevant in you're case. The Digital Services Act might be relevant though.


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