Ira Abramov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> changed hands to license the product and they are liable for legal
> action on your part if that quick patch ruins something.

Oh, yes? So if IE (that passed QA etc) lets a virus in that wipes my
disk including all the IP on it, I can sue M$ for damages? Yippee!
 
> the moral is: Gratis OSS = no warrenty. 

In most cases, I guess "if (Gratis) then (No warranty)" holds, but it
is not a reflexive equivalence relationship.

Event this may not be true in certain jurisdictions, because there
might be warranties mandated by law.

-- 
Oleg Goldshmidt | [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
"If it ain't broken, it has not got enough features yet."

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