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Software Customer Bill of Rights

Posted by michael on from the we-the-people dept.

Cem Kaner of Badsoftware.com has written up a Software Customer Bill of Rights. Very appropriate considering our recent stories about Microsoft viruses, Dell's BIOS-clickwrap licensing agreement, etc.

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  1. What about when Linux fails? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Troll

    Yeah, it's fashionable to want to sue Bill, but what if some guy creates some virus that brings a Linux system down to it's knees? Who do we sue? Linus? OSDL? Or will there be a double standard? Remember, if Bill gets to be sued, be prepared for your favorite OSS house to be liable as well. Otherwise it's just sheer hypocrisy to target MS. And remember, MS is made of of coders who went to the same schools as you. Contrary to OSS opinion, Bill does not write every single line of code in the products nowadays.

  2. These 'rights' are just an attempted landgrab by cstec · · Score: 0, Troll
    He can claim all the 'rights' he wants, but not and expect to get any software that we developed.

    The shrinkwrap is a contract. If you don't like the terms, don't sign/open/whatever. Writing software is hard work and there's nothing that magically gives you rights over something I built. You don't like it? Write your own.

    Note however the recent Dell fiasco of a contract whose terms you can't review is indeed broken.