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flykespice
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Sj.h: A tiny little JSON parsing library in ~150 l...
...and what open source software license in the world makes the author liable for damages?
Yeask
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None. That is how RedHat makes money.
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k_roy
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Probably more of lack of explicit liability in the license.
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flykespice
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Pretty sure the all caps text on the bottom of most open source licenses out there makes it clear
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virtue3
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every OSS license I've ever seen is "use at your own risk" essentially. That's how this whole system works.
You find a vulnerability? patch it, push change to repo maintainer.
https://xkcd.com/2347
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