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Free Software at Risk Under Lemon law

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the officialism-and-its-discontents dept.

mpawlo writes: "Newsforge published a piece I wrote on a lemon law for software. That is - what would happen if shrinkwrap limitation of liability clauses would be banned? I think Microsoft and the GNU Project would both suffer."

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  1. jiggle by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    butt

    1. Re:jiggle by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      This is the best post I've ever seen.

  2. Another opportunity for you to bash Microsoft. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    If there was such a law against open source software, you would all bitch and moan until the cows came home. But when it's gonna control Microsoft's innovations, you gotta take every opportunity to tear them down.

  3. Nice job, Moderators! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    Modded down to troll in under two minutes!

    Beat my new land speed record, fools!

  4. Re:Hah! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    reminds me of the idiot politicians you have in the usa. there was a quote from one of your political parties saying that that new campaign finance reform law banning bribery would be the "destruction of their party."

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    about the infidel church & win a part of the 10 billion dollar Saudi slush fund used to buy
    such things as Fox & his frinds, abc, cbs, nbc, & of course cnn.Hey & stuff about jews, hindus, bhudists, confuscianists, greatfully accepted.