Ask HN: SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED WITHOUT WARRANTY – does this do anything?
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by fkdk
3 hours ago
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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?

giantg2
1 hour ago
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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.
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bluGill
2 hours ago
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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

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jqpabc123
2 hours ago
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