[long] Re: Legal traps in open source

Alex Satrapa grail at goldweb.com.au
Wed Oct 30 16:28:05 EST 2002


On Thu, 2002-10-31 at 09:39, James McNeill wrote:
> If your kid breaks his neck playing on it, you can't sue

> Couln't the same sort of thing apply to software?

This doesn't even apply in real life - if your kid breaks his neck
playing on public equipment, then you sue the council.  Anywhere there's
a quick buck to be made in the guise of "fair compensation", there will
be a shyster lawyer and money-hungry plaintiff.

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