Agreed, but some softwares do have a service period where the provider promises to update it regularly. Android has for example such a service requirement. If such a service period is provided, then you can't just abandon the software without paying back those that have service left on their contract.
I was in my post generally talking about SERVICES rather than software, but another guy bringed up open source software. Services is a different category, where if someone has paid for a period of service, you can't just shut down the service, then it would be fraud. In some cases, its called "force majure", its permissible to shut down the service without repaying the customers, but that’s also why running services in some countries require arrangements and permits and such, just to ensure you don't have so low quality on your emergency/backup equipment so smallest power outage Is a force majure. -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- Från: Jaroslaw Rafa via mailop <mailop@mailop.org> Skickat: den 22 oktober 2022 23:41 Till: mailop@mailop.org Ämne: Re: [mailop] Tangent: Banks and imprint requirements in Germany Dnia 22.10.2022 o godz. 20:55:00 Sebastian Nielsen via mailop pisze: > I agree about open source software, but its also important to know, > that you cannot expect anything. If the owner of the open source > software abandons it, then its abandoned. It's no different for commercial software. If you read any EULA, it basically tells you the same: that you can't expect anything (despite the fact you pay for software). And if the company behind the software decides to abandon the software, it's abandoned. When it comes to software, there are no obligations or guarantees from the author/producer, regardless whether the software is free or commercial. -- Regards, Jaroslaw Rafa r...@rafa.eu.org -- "In a million years, when kids go to school, they're gonna know: once there was a Hushpuppy, and she lived with her daddy in the Bathtub." _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list mailop@mailop.org https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop _______________________________________________ mailop mailing list mailop@mailop.org https://list.mailop.org/listinfo/mailop
