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Re: [LUG] Warranties are for mugs

 

Neil Williams wrote:
> 
> Free software (and most open source) comes with absolutely no warranty,
> not even fitness for purpose. 

I suspect if you buy free software in the UK, it comes with a fitness
for purpose guarantee from the seller, since the sale of goods act
requires that goods must be fit for purpose.

In which case the situation is similar to buying proprietary software,
since if you buy Microsoft Word from a High Street retailer they are the
ones who must ensure it is fit for purpose, not Microsoft.

Depending on the situation the liability is usually upto the price paid,
or in some cases the cost of replacement.

I can see the case now, man walks into computer shop with a computer.
"I'd like to register a complaint. This operating system is dead, when
you sold it to me not 6 months ago you assured me it was just shagged
out after a large patch update, but it was pushing out spam".

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