EU situation should be looked at by everyone
EU situation should be looked at by everyone
Posted Dec 13, 2023 12:29 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
> Why? It's like any other business, according to law: the guy who did the final packaging work is liable for everything, but if problem is with components (namely Debian or NPM module) then producer of said component is on the hook. And if Debian inherited bug from Linux Foundation then said Linux Foundation is responsible and so on.
Why is the producer of said components on the hook? NO CONTRACT - NO LIABILITY. END OF.
At the end of the day, if "the guy who did the final packaging" needs to pass liability onwards, then he needs a contract that allows him to do so. Without a contract, he's SOL.
Cheers,
Wol