> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> [2]yes, there are individuals in the debian world 'accountable' for >>> making sure things work, but nobody who is 'accountable' in the legal >>> sense, so far as I know. In essence, what legal recourse do you have if >>> the Debian kernel/xen melts your processors, eats your data, etc? >>> >> ------------------------------------------- >> The legal accountable issue brings up a question I've had in mind about >> software in general. Perhaps this isn't the best place for me to bring >> this up but I'm going to throw it out there anyway. >> >> I was under the impression that almost all software licenses, the GPL >> included, divorce themselves for any accountability of damages that the >> software does. It has been awhile since I've read a MS software license >> but I thought that they did the same. >> >> Am I totally off here? > > IANAL, and I don't have a clue how far legal accountability extends, but > at the end of the day, if you have a purchased RHEL or VMware license, > you know there are numbers you can call for support you're legally > entitled to. That's one of the key differences in this particular > situation, as I see it. > > ---------------------- I guess I interpretted your comment above a little bit different.
Your question "what legal recourse do you have if the Debian kernel/xen melts your processors," made me think that you meant RHEL had more legal recourse then calling for support. _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
