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On Tue, Sep 29, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Nick Hilliard <[email protected]> wrote: > On 29/09/2009 19:20, e ninja wrote: > >> No it is not right. >> >> 1. Anybody that has paid for software, should *never* have to pay for >> bug >> fixes. See http://resources.multiven.com/dossier-3 >> > > That is an interesting wish-list. Have you considered what it would do to > the price of software if vendors were made liable? * So vendors should not be made liable for software that people purchase? When was the last time you happily paid for a brand-new car that won't start? Software is always "new" because it can't break from over-use.* *Do Microsoft, Apple, HP etc. charge customers for bug fixes in their OS? * > I can't imagine the insurance premiums, and the gratuitous law suits. > Worse still, open source would be killed by it. * The bill of rights clearly refers to software that is paid for. Open source software is free.* > I know that if I were to be held liable, I wouldn't ever release anything > or contribute anything to open source software. > * N/A. If you offer free software that nobody has to purchase, you are not liable for the product.* > 2. Forcing people to pay for a service they haven't used is >> extortion<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extortion>- a criminal act - >> seek legal counsel >> > > Legal counsel would probably argue that if you left your support > subscription lapse and then attempted to renew it several years later, that > the reason for doing so was because of some failure outside the > manufacturer's control, and that you were pulling a fast one. > * I'm sure as a smart guy, you know there is no wear-and-tear in software. Therefore, a user cannot 'break' software from over-use. All bugs in proprietary software are inherent from the manufacturer, whether you discover them from day 3 of purchase or 1000 years later.* > > I'm not a lawyer. Are you?* > * * Does your CFO know you need a lawyer to know when you're been ripped off?* Eninja _______________________________________________ cisco-nsp mailing list [email protected] https://puck.nether.net/mailman/listinfo/cisco-nsp archive at http://puck.nether.net/pipermail/cisco-nsp/
