[Sussex] User vs Vendor Liability

[nik at wired4life.org]

And then theres the real world arguement...

Conversation 1:
	Vendor : Of Course if anything goes wrong we can accept
	liability to x thousand punds.
	CTO: Wrong ? Things may go wrong ? Im not sure I like the sound
	of that.
	Vendor: Well of course nothing may go wrong.
	CTO: but your insured if it does, why ? 
	Vendor: Oh thats cause customers want us to accept liablity
	CTO: so youve been sued in the past. 
	Vendor: No, of course not our softwares fine.
	CTO: so why do you accept liability, if cant go wrong right....

	etc etc etc

Conversation 2:
	Vendor: The EULA covers all aspects of liability {soco voto}
	making it all yours , <Vendor Grins like Shark >
	CTO: Excellent so the EULA defines liability good, good, where
	do I click ?




I probably did not make it clear that whilst many of the OPen Licenses
state liability in the same way as commercial licenses the Authors etc
are less than willing to carry cost of Legal Consel which many larger
commercial groups can.

which "may be" why liabilities in software seem to be patched quicker in
the lifecycle.


	
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