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Comment by oldmanhorton

3 years ago

It's a bit strained, but car or TV companies often put out a new model that's identical to the old model +- some but fixes. There's a line somewhere but the law does not specify the line, it seems

Exactly. v4.2.34 is a new product compared to v4.2.33.

Not defending this, but in the eyes of the law there's no distinction between new products and features and bug fixes.

  • Precisely. The difference with software is that the production process is so iterative that experimentation becomes a relatively rational tactic for getting things done.