On Wed, 22 Nov 2023 at 09:28, Bart Martens <ba...@debian.org> wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 09:14:05AM +0100, Thomas Goirand wrote: > > I feel like we're getting trapped by big corp and their lobbying > > power, and we need to use stronger words. > > Probably in a different way. I'd rather prefer Debian to defend the DFSG, > including DFSG 6. If the EU were to draw a line for compulsory liability, then > it should not be between commercial and nonprofit, but rather between FOSS and > non-FOSS. For example, in my opinion "awscli" is FOSS, and the usual liability > disclaimer in FOSS licenses should also be valid for "awscli". This is, in my > understanding, a different opinion than discussed so far, right?
That would not be a good outcome. Just because a smartphone ships open source software, it doesn't mean its vendor should get away with not providing security updates after a few months, causing the phone owners to lose their data or worse.
