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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Simon Waters wrote: > 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. Not wanting to open a can of worms.. but buying free software ?? > 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. You can't actually "buy" a copy of MS Word, just a license that Microsoft can choose to revoke, at some point, for some reason.. Oddly enoughm when you purchase a license, you get a physical object, a "certificate".. whoopie doo... I wonder if you were to try to contest the fitness for purpose of a certificate how one would do such a thing.. Neil Stone Systems Administrator FlashTek UK - -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.1 GIT d+(++) s: a-(?) C++++(--) UL++++$ P+ L+++ E- W+++ N+ o+ w--- O M PS+ Y+ PGP++ t+ 5+ X+ R+ tv+ b- DI++ D+++ G e h--- r+++ y++++(**) - -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK----- -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFFglFMz3Av8JKgzxQRAj27AJ4r8XJtzkiMIuo5rN2ZFm15i+Z/eACfRjAi 5KU7k/ZEYAgrPQudWDPUWSo= =ZpkS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html