Bruce writes: > However there are negligence scenarios, for example a maintainer who > accepts a patch without realizing that it contains a trojan-horse > program. I want to shield our developers from individual liability in > that sort of case.
Is every maintainer an employee or agent of SPI, then? Or is SPI going to purchase liability insurance and name all the maintainers as beneficiaries? I don't really think there is much risk, though. Where's the duty? Has there ever actually been a negligence suit over free software? -- John Hasler This posting is in the public domain. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do with it what you will. Dancing Horse Hill Make money from it if you can; I don't mind. Elmwood, Wisconsin Do not send email advertisements to this address. -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
