not mine.
thanks everyone
crisostomo arias
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From: Gideon Guillen <[email protected]>
To: Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List
<[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 22, 2011 11:58 AM
Subject: Re: [plug] Intentional Malicious Code in Open Source
On Tue, Nov 22, 2011 at 11:18 AM, sirc saira <[email protected]> wrote:
> From the book: Linux Administration: A Beginners' Guide, 5th Edition Wale
> Soyinka
> 0-07-154625-1
Well... that's your book. But have you read the actual GPL v2 and V3 license?
Read them here:
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html (section 11 & 12)
http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html (section 15-17)
It just says that the program does not come with warranty and the
author of the code can't be held liable for any damages if you suffer
from data loss, down time, etc from using the program.
However if there are "applicable laws" the author can still be held
liable for damages. For example: our country (and many countries as
well) have laws about malware. People can be held liable from damages
resulting from malware (not necessarily the author, because some of
the security tools if used unlawfully can also cause "damage").
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