EU situation should be looked at by everyone [LWN.net]

EU situation should be looked at by everyone

Posted Dec 13, 2023 11:48 UTC (Wed) by Wol (subscriber, #4433)
In reply to: EU situation should be looked at by everyone by khim
Parent article: Bottomley: Solving the Looming Developer Liability Problem

> AFAIK that's how all other industries operate, too: except if you sell counterfeit you may easily send all these safety requests to manufacturer if you are just a box mover.

This is EXACTLY how box movers get clobbered for selling counterfeit goods. The box mover has a contract with their supplier, and passes the buck back up the chain. If the box mover tries to pass liability to the manufacturer, they just reply "counterfeit" AND THE BOX MOVER IS ON THE HOOK!

Cheers,
Wol

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EU situation should be looked at by everyone

Posted Dec 13, 2023 11:56 UTC (Wed) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link] (1 responses)

Let us see if Debian would succeed in declaring that copies used in NAS boxes are counterfeit or not 🤪.

EU situation should be looked at by everyone

Posted Dec 13, 2023 14:57 UTC (Wed) by Wol (subscriber, #4433) [Link]

What part of "The box mover has a contract with their supplier" did you miss?

Cheers,
Wol