Re: [SLUG] Re: O*****k virus: M$ criticized for lack of softwaresecurity

[Raoul Golan]

Peter Rundle writes:
 > 
 > 
 > The product protection that software companies enjoy is obscene! Any other
 > company producing any other product would have been slaughted by 
 > product recall costs.
 > 
 > Time the Government changed the rules such that software is sold like any
 > other engineered product.
 > 
 > 

How could RedHat guarantee its distribution under that system?

If RedHat and similar companies cannot guarantee their distributions,
and only proprietary software companies could guarantee their products,
what would the repercussions be on free software?

Is this any different to UCITA?
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