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No good deed goes unpunished: can we now be sued over software we give away?

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So what concerns me is that the same legal changes that are intended to prevent mega-corporations evading liability for their shoddy software will also put me at risk, even though I get no financial reward. It’s important to understand that, as the EU Regulation is a statutory provision, no disclaimer, however bold the typeface it’s presented in, will shift the burden of liability from the supplier to the user. This Regulation does not apply to natural or legal persons who contribute with source code to products with digital elements qualifying as free and open-source software that are not under their responsibility.

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