Comment by teddyh
2 years ago
No, that’s the legal warranty disclaimer. It has nothing to do with support, security fixes, or future development.
2 years ago
No, that’s the legal warranty disclaimer. It has nothing to do with support, security fixes, or future development.
What do you think a warranty is?
A warranty is about the code which already exists, and whether the code is fit for a particular purpose, etc. (all legal terms). The warranty disclaimer in free software licences all say basically “Although this specific version of the software is meant to be helpful to you for a certain purpose, you can’t sue the developer if there’s a bug or an omitted feature, since we don’t make any guarantee that it will work.” But this is not what I was talking about. I was talking about disclaiming any implied support, security bugfixes, and future development, all three of which are usually heavlily implied (or outright stated) to be available in official project information (such as on an official web site).
The distinction you're trying to make isn't recognized in the eyes of the law, nor really anyone else for that matter.
The warranty disclaimer in virtually every software project, regardless of license, has been around for decades. The text has been fairly anodyne except with the recent wave of parasites killing their host and trying to snake their way out of it.
You are saying I should add, to my free lemonade stand, a disclaimer:
I will not help you with drinking the free lemonade; if the lemonade is too sour for you I will not be providing extra sugar; and I will not make free lemonade tomorrow.
Can you give me one or two examples of official OSS websites where these are heavily implied or outright stated? Do you mean anything beyond a roadmap?
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