If you really have legal concerns you should talk to a lawyer. Asking for anonymous opinion on a forum isn't legal advice. This should certainly not be the place to discuss legal matters such as the scope of a license. I don't think anybody who answered you is actually a lawyer. If you come upon something which you can't understand its license then don't use it.
Le mardi 15 mai 2018 18:55:13 UTC+2, matthe...@gmail.com a écrit : > > I get that we have to work with the legal system details and that they may > cause strange terms. Thanks for sharing some of those US details. > > Isn’t there responsibility in putting tools out there publicly for anybody > to use? Perhaps public distribution under the terms “don’t use this” is > irresponsible and could be invalidated to the jury. I’m more concerned > about the event that caused the court to be necessary though. > > Can Sears laser engrave “this isn’t useful for anything” on their tools to > avoid litigation due to poor craftsmanship? Is Sears responsible for poor > craftsmanship causing injury if the Sears tool was bought second-hand at a > garage sale? > > Matt > > On Tuesday, May 15, 2018 at 11:18:04 AM UTC-5, Matthias B. wrote: >> >> On Tue, 15 May 2018 06:39:40 -0700 (PDT) >> matthe...@gmail.com wrote: >> >> > I don’t think I’m suggesting to not disclaim liability. I’m >> > suggesting to claim that I didn’t hide anything to make a use break >> > on purpose. It does add liability, but this is liability that is >> > completely in the author’s control unlike regular bugs or misuse that >> >> That's where you are wrong. >> The author has no control over WHAT OTHER PEOPLE CLAIM he did. >> If he makes a statement that he didn't intentionally put bad things into >> the code and bad things happen, he ends up having to prove that these >> are actually bugs and not intentional. And if the developer is unlucky >> enough to live in the US, this looks like this: >> >> * a jury of 12 laypersons, with NO UNDERSTANDING OF CODE WHATSOEVER >> * a very slick and convincing expert who says that he's reviewed the >> code and he's 100% certain that this is intentional and not a bug >> * some awkward nerd claiming it's a bug >> >> The 12 laypeople decide who they trust more based on their "soft >> skills". >> >> It's not a coincidence that this whole EULA and total disclaimer BS was >> started by US organizations. The US legal system is pure madness and US >> lawyers are like mosquitoes. If you leave just a tiny bit of skin >> exposed, they'll smell it and will try to land on it to suck your >> blood. Whatever drawbacks you perceive from the current language in >> licenses is way less bad than the alternative. >> >> MSB >> >> -- >> No man is more pitiful than the one who looks to the shadows for warmth. >> >> -- 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.
