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Bottomley: Solving the Looming Developer Liability Problem

Bottomley: Solving the Looming Developer Liability Problem

Posted Dec 12, 2023 22:05 UTC (Tue) by snajpa (subscriber, #73467)
In reply to: Bottomley: Solving the Looming Developer Liability Problem by Cyberax
Parent article: Bottomley: Solving the Looming Developer Liability Problem

Awesome observation. Also pretty relevant in how is the framework going to be interpreted across the European courts on various levels. I think reaching for similar examples would be exactly what would our courts do here. Some other, way more far-reaching, legislation would have to come into existence - explicitly putting "random bystanders" on the hook - in way more industries than just IT, for FOSS to be affected as much as some are trying to scare us it will be.


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Bottomley: Solving the Looming Developer Liability Problem

Posted Dec 13, 2023 10:29 UTC (Wed) by Wol (subscriber, #4433) [Link]

As I said above, the ENTIRE European consumer rights edifice is built on the premise that the SELLER is responsible to their CUSTOMER.

On that basis, J Random Developer of Nebraska does not have any CUSTOMERs.

(Of course, it's more complicated in that it's meant to catch people who *pretend* not to have customers, but for J Random, it's pretty clear cut.)

Cheers,
Wol


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