"Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> wrote in message
news:uedi3onto96hdf_at_corp.supernews.com...
>
> I would also imagine when you make your 'tool' available, you are not going
> to assume any legal responsibilities for using it.
> This alone would be a sufficient reason to strongly discourage anyone to use
> your 'tool' at all. After all, if you hire Oracle to rescue your database
> and Oracle screws your database, your legal position is completely
> different.
ahem... Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't every commercial software vendor
including Oracle disclaim all legal responsibilities for use or misuse of their
products and will not cover any resulting damages that exceed the cost of license
(which would be zero for a freeware tool like this)? This disclaimer is so standard
I didn't see any single license agreement without some soft of it in ages...
So if a tool comes with 'as is' disclaimer and no guarantees whatsoever (which is
often the case), I see no way to carry out a legal action against its vendor in case
of any damage resulting from the use (or misuse) of the tool. This extends to any
other tools out there. For example, if someone kills someone using a kitchen knife,
the vendor of the knife is not responsible for that even though they were advised
of the possibility of such use of their product... Having a tool like that as last resort
won't hurt anyone, especially if it only reads from datafiles and writes to completely
different location...
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Vladimir Zakharychev (bob@dpsp-yes.com) http://www.dpsp-yes.com
Dynamic PSP(tm) - the first true RAD toolkit for Oracle-based internet applications.
All opinions are mine and do not necessarily go in line with those of my employer.
Received on Wed May 22 2002 - 07:41:14 CDT
