Re: RHEL5 build for xen arch

tlanntechnoeclectic.com wrote:
>> [2]yes, there are individuals in the debian world
'accountable' for
>> making sure things work, but nobody who is
'accountable' in the legal
>> sense, so far as I know. In essence, what legal
recourse do you have if
>> the Debian kernel/xen melts your processors, eats
your data, etc?
>>
> -------------------------------------------
> The legal accountable issue brings up a question I've
had in mind about
> software in general.  Perhaps this isn't the best place
for me to bring
> this up but I'm going to throw it out there anyway.
> 
> I was under the impression that almost all software
licenses, the GPL
> included, divorce themselves for any accountability of
damages that the
> software does.  It has been awhile since I've read a MS
software license
> but I thought that they did the same.
> 
> Am I totally off here?

IANAL, and I don't have a clue how far legal accountability
extends, but 
at the end of the day, if you have a purchased RHEL or
VMware license, 
you know there are numbers you can call for support you're
legally 
entitled to. That's one of the key differences in this
particular 
situation, as I see it.

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> tlanntechnoeclectic.com wrote:
>>> [2]yes, there are individuals in the debian
world 'accountable' for
>>> making sure things work, but nobody who is
'accountable' in the legal
>>> sense, so far as I know. In essence, what legal
recourse do you have if
>>> the Debian kernel/xen melts your processors,
eats your data, etc?
>>>
>> -------------------------------------------
>> The legal accountable issue brings up a question
I've had in mind about
>> software in general.  Perhaps this isn't the best
place for me to bring
>> this up but I'm going to throw it out there
anyway.
>>
>> I was under the impression that almost all software
licenses, the GPL
>> included, divorce themselves for any accountability
of damages that the
>> software does.  It has been awhile since I've read
a MS software license
>> but I thought that they did the same.
>>
>> Am I totally off here?
>
> IANAL, and I don't have a clue how far legal
accountability extends, but
> at the end of the day, if you have a purchased RHEL or
VMware license,
> you know there are numbers you can call for support
you're legally
> entitled to. That's one of the key differences in this
particular
> situation, as I see it.
>
> ----------------------
I guess I interpretted your comment above a little bit
different.

Your question "what legal recourse do you have if the
Debian kernel/xen
melts your processors," made me think that you meant
RHEL had more legal
recourse then calling for support.






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