Fedora Freedom and linux-libre
Alexandre Oliva
aoliva at redhat.com
Sat Jun 14 16:17:43 UTC 2008
On Jun 14, 2008, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote:
> Alexandre Oliva wrote:
>> They didn't choose to distribute that particular content, so no,
>> they're just carriers, like the air through which the bullet flies on
>> the way to its target.
> How would this be different on a moderated list?
That would depend on the role of the moderators. If it's merely to
ensure that postings don't deviate from the rules of the list, then I
suppose they would still be regarded as carriers. If approval means
endorsement to the statements in the message, then they might become
co-responsible.
> Look through the changelogs of some software packages to see how
> many flaws past versions have contained. Do you hold the
> distributors responsible for all those problems?
Again, it depends (heck, I'm talking more and more like a lawyer, even
though I'm not one :-)
For example, per Brazilian consumer protection law, if I purchase
something as a consumer, I'm entitled to warranty. No ifs or buts.
Regardless of whatever my relationship with the copyright holders of
the Free Software in the product I purchased is (I got a copyright
license from them that states there's no warranty), the vendor who
performed the distribution to me is responsible for providing me with
warranty.
--
Alexandre Oliva http://www.lsd.ic.unicamp.br/~oliva/
Free Software Evangelist oliva@{lsd.ic.unicamp.br, gnu.org}
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