Re: RE-PROPOSED: The Dictator Test
Branden Robinson writes:
> If an innocent bystander is harmed through the operation of defective Free
> Software, how can he or she be held to the warranty disclaimer, given that
> he or she never received the corresponding copyright license?
Can you elaborate on the situation you have in mind? I would think
that in general, the liable person would be either the one who put
Free Software in the medical device (construction machinery, etc) or
the one who operated the device (the immediate actor might be an agent
for a company that would be liable). Software by itself is pretty
limited in how it interacts with the world, so it needs some enabler
before its bugs could harm anyone.
Michael Poole
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