{"id":24103,"date":"2015-05-13T09:45:38","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T07:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/?p=24103"},"modified":"2015-05-13T09:45:38","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T07:45:38","slug":"on-software-liability-laws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2015\/05\/13\/on-software-liability-laws\/","title":{"rendered":"On software liability laws"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I came across this interesting opinion<\/a> on\u00a0software liability. \u00a0Just to keep them here for the context, the suggested software liability rules include the following:<\/p>\n

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  1. Consult criminal code to see if any intentionally caused damage is already covered.<\/b><\/li>\n
  2. If you deliver software with complete and buildable source code and a license that allows disabling any functionality or code by the licensee, then your liability is limited to a refund.<\/b><\/li>\n
  3. In any other case, you are liable for whatever damage your software causes when used normally.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n

    Which sounds reasonable from the position of “let’s sort the security issues”. \u00a0Even though I’m not a big believer in legal system when it comes to technology issues. \u00a0But then, there is this:<\/p>\n

    The software houses would yell bloody murder if any legislator were to introduce a bill proposing these stipulations<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

    with which I personally disagree. \u00a0I think software houses that do quality work wouldn’t mind at all. \u00a0The people who would mind are the clients of software houses. \u00a0Quality always comes at a cost. \u00a0And raising quality of software immediately means rising the cost of software. \u00a0And the majority of clients (in my experience) don’t care about quality to the point where they would pay for it. \u00a0And there are plenty of examples in other industries – food, automobile, furniture, clothes, etc.<\/p>\n

    Basically, this all just reiterates my points of security and privacy are mythical and\/or dead. \u00a0Mostly, because most people don’t care enough.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n

    I came across this interesting opinion on\u00a0software liability. \u00a0Just to keep them here for the context, the suggested software liability rules include the following: Consult criminal code to see if any intentionally caused damage is already covered. If you deliver software with complete and buildable source code and a license that allows disabling any functionality … Continue reading On software liability laws<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"On software liability laws #security #law #webdev #programming","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,18,62,1334],"tags":[577,200,1330],"keyring_services":[],"class_list":["post-24103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","category-programming","category-technology","category-web-work","tag-law","tag-security","tag-web-development"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":28616,"url":"https:\/\/mamchenkov.net\/wordpress\/2018\/06\/08\/glwtpl-good-luck-with-that-public-license\/","url_meta":{"origin":24103,"position":0},"title":"GLWTPL – Good Luck With That Public License","author":"Leonid Mamchenkov","date":"June 8, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"GLWTPL is awesome! 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