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Achilleas Margaritis

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Re: Programming with "Duh" Typing Posted: Jul 31, 2007 6:24 AM
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> > > Is that a practical approach across all of software
> > > development or only in particular situations?
> > >
> > > Wouldn't it depend on the risks / losses (including
> > user
> > > opportunity cost) of something going wrong?
> > >
> > > When might it be practical, when might it not?
> > >
> > > Would your opinion be different if you the programmer
> > were
> > > liable for user losses?
>
> Achilleas Margaritis wrote
>
> > Is there such a case out there? most programs contain
> an
> > EULA which relieves the developer from any
> responsibility.
>
> When you answer 4 questions with a question, it seems to
> me that you are far more interested in stating that your
> view is correct than thinking about when it might not be
> correct.

I am asking only because I haven't seen a software license that admits liability. Has anyone seen such a license?

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