We have (unfortunately!) a corporate policy against using ANY open source program. UG! It's based on the premise that we'd have no one to sue if there was a trojan buried in a program we used, thus making our liability unlimited. Yuck.
Then how does your bank react to <A HREF="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/redisteula.asp">this standard liability disclaimer on Microsoft software</a microsoft.com>:
LIMITATION OF LIABILITY AND REMEDIES. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY DAMAGES THAT YOU MIGHT INCUR FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER (INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, ALL DAMAGES REFERENCED ABOVE AND ALL DIRECT OR GENERAL DAMAGES), THE ENTIRE LIABILITY OF MICROSOFT AND ANY OF ITS SUPPLIERS UNDER ANY PROVISION OF THIS SUPPLEMENTAL EULA AND YOUR EXCLUSIVE REMEDY FOR ALL OF THE FOREGOING SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF THE AMOUNT ACTUALLY PAID BY YOU FOR THE OS COMPONENTS OR U.S.$5.00. THE FOREGOING LIMITATIONS, EXCLUSIONS AND DISCLAIMERS SHALL APPLY TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EVEN IF ANY REMEDY FAILS ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE.
But, we've pushed thru ActiveState Perl as a commercial product since it's supported and we can sue if it's not as advertised.
Like Microsoft software, the ActivePerl distribution comes with a <A HREF="http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/license_agreement.plex">license agreement</a activestate.com> that disclaims all warranties on the software:
5. THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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Posted by: tepples on December 07, 2002 11:41 PMThen how does your bank react to <A HREF="http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnnetdep/html/redisteula.asp">this standard liability disclaimer on Microsoft software</a microsoft.com>:
But, we've pushed thru ActiveState Perl as a commercial product since it's supported and we can sue if it's not as advertised.
Like Microsoft software, the ActivePerl distribution comes with a <A HREF="http://www.activestate.com/Products/ActivePerl/license_agreement.plex">license agreement</a activestate.com> that disclaims all warranties on the software:
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