Scripsit Joel Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Or, in other words, it may well fail DFSG #6, because the upstream is very
> likely to be completely unwilling to open themselves up to the lawsuits
> that could result from a critical failure of their software when used in
> a safety-critical system where a failure could wreak havoc over a large
> geographical area.
But they could protect themselves perfectly well without trying to
use their license to *forbid* use in saftety-critical systems. What
they're saying here is not just "it'll not be our fault if something
happens" - they're saying "you will be in violation of the license if
you use it for X, so you can except to be sued".
> (Similar notices are often seen for life-critical systems such as medical,
> military support, or other similar stuff).
To the best of my knowledge we don't have any such (== trying to
restrict use rather than merely disclaim warranty) notices in
Debian. If we have, bugs should be filed against those packages.
--
Henning Makholm "... not one has been remembered from the time
when the author studied freshman physics. Quite the
contrary: he merely remembers that such and such is true, and to
explain it he invents a demonstration at the moment it is needed."
