> > Legalese that OP tried to ridicule (imo) says otherwise. They can be sued > but they can not lose, even if they intentionally would put a `rm -rf /` > in > the code.
I mentioned email addresses being stolen, but I’m more concerned about things like somebody thinking they can use GCC and a regular Dell desktop computer to coordinate real trains. Go/GCC don’t have to make misuse possibly worse. Matt On Monday, May 14, 2018 at 3:54:08 AM UTC-5, ohir wrote: > > On Sun, 13 May 2018 22:28:02 -0500 > Pete Wilson <pe...@kivadesigngroupe.com <javascript:>> wrote: > > > All this is true. > > But I expect that one of these fine days, someone sueable is going to > ship > > software with a serious bug, and are going to get sued and lose > > > > get sued and lose > > Legalese that OP tried to ridicule (imo) says otherwise. They can be sued > but they can not lose, even if they intentionally would put a `rm -rf /` > in > the code. > > In the law domain: > > (i) words, sentences, punctuation even -- have much stricter meaning. Not > necessarily the same as popular one. Sometimes particular wording has > meaning to the contrary of what layman may understand. > > (ii) Text written in proper legalese has real life effects. Often > immediate > ones -- as with widely approved Open Source licenses. > > FYI that enumerated cases in the license disclaimer part stem from past > litigation where someone litigated and won on given case. > See: [1] "Hojgaard v EON" for most recent example. > > Disclaimer: always hire a lawyer to read any legalese for you. However > expensive it could be, it might be way cheaper than future effects of your > own understanding of what you read ;). I am not a lawyer of course :). > > [1] https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2015-0115.html > > -- > Wojciech S. Czarnecki > << ^oo^ >> OHIR-RIPE > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
