1970-01-01 a day ago

It's the gift of open source: Nobody owes you anything except the source code. Any and all guarantees must be via written contracts. Nobody owes you a secure supply chain until there is a contract stating such.

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general1465 a day ago | parent [-]

Giving people food for free (without written contract) but poising them in the process will leave you in hot water with authorities. Why software should be different?

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awakeasleep a day ago | parent | next [-]

Trying to answer what I think is the most reasonable point you’re trying to make: supply chain extends beyond you and your actions.

What if you were distributing food, and a farmer who supplied rice to one of the manufacturers of the components of your food grew that rice on a field that was contaminated with arsenic?

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general1465 a day ago | parent [-]

If you will get bad food, who are you going to blame? Very likely the person who you get the food from, not going up the supply chain like a detective.

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amtamt 21 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Well actually you ate poisoned food made by someone else, which had a similar looking name (typo squatting). Who is responsible here? One who wrote code?

	▲	general1465 16 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It was not me sir who poisoned you, it was Josh, my evil twin! I swear!

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pixl97 a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Ok, so free software cannot exist is what you're telling us. Hell, I swear Microsoft and Oracle has their lawyers in here posting.

	▲	general1465 16 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I am just saying that license, TOS or lack of both is not above the law.

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