Ask HN: SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED WITHOUT WARRANTY – does this do anything?

License texts are copied billions of times every day.

In most cases, accompanying software by unpaid open source developers.

- Are there cases where such a person has been sued due to some warranty-related aspect?

- Could you be sued if you forget to add a license?

- Is the entire section pointless?

3 points | by fkdk 7 hours ago

4 comments

  • brudgers 53 minutes ago
    If it matters, hire an attorney. If it doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter.
  • giantg2 5 hours ago
    Your best bet is to look up case law of a specific license type in your jurisdiction. If you're using GPLv3 or something common like that, then you should be able to GoogleFu plenty of case law on in.
  • bluGill 6 hours ago
    What county!

    The USA has complex warranty laws and that text has specific meaning and limits what it allows them to not warranty. Other counties have different laws. See a lawyer

  • jqpabc123 6 hours ago
    https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/warranty_of_merchantability