[LAU] Linux Audio podcast. episode003: commenting replies

Ralf Mardorf ralf.mardorf at alice-dsl.net
Fri Aug 16 18:27:01 UTC 2013


On Fri, 2013-08-16 at 11:14 -0700, J. Liles wrote:
> 
> /* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
> WITHOUT */
> /* ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY
> or       */
> /* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public
> License for   */
> /* more
> details.                                                               
> 
> 
> It was not put there without reason.

The reason for this is coverage, but the target of FLOSS is to provide a
quality level. Again, it's not black and white. If music apps shouldn't
be perfect it's one thing, but regarding to e.g. security, privacy even
this disclaimer won't protect an evil coder against a lawsuit.




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