On Thu, May 19, 2011 at 12:08:05PM +0000, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" wrote: > We were discussing this [1] a bit here at the office when a co worker > who was part of the conversation ( non IT ) guy was listening in and > dropped in the question if an end user computer is compromised who would > be legally liable for any harm and financial loss that might be caused by. > > Which got us a bit baffled since we dont speak legalize so it would be > good if this gets cleared for us. > > The argument he was making was that if an end users computer gets > compromised due to a default configuration not an exploited bug in > software and it can be proven without an shadow of doubt that that it > was the cause for the harm and any financial loss that the... > > The novice end user as has absolutely no idea what ssh is and what it's > used for. > > The end user has not agreed to have read any documentation that may or > may not mentioning this being enabled. > ( I'm not sure if we mention that it is enabled on the DVD ) > > There is no mentioning of it being enabled during or immediately after > install or after a user logged in for the first time. > > There is no apparent option for the end user to disable it either during > or after install or after a user logged in for the first time > > If the above holds true then the project in question would be liable for > any harm/financial loss caused by . > > So who's liable in this scenario.. > > Is it the end user? > Is it the network provider? > Is it the entity that is responsible for the network the end user is > connected to.? > Is it Red Hat/Fedora ? > > Did FESCO contact the legal team when it revisited [2] and sanctioned > which service where permitted to be enabled by default as specific > exceptions? The Fedora distribution itself is wrapped with GPLv2, which includes a "no warranty" statement. To what extent does that not apply? -- Paul W. Frields http://paul.frields.org/ gpg fingerprint: 3DA6 A0AC 6D58 FEC4 0233 5906 ACDB C937 BD11 3717 http://redhat.com/ - - - - http://pfrields.fedorapeople.org/ Red Hat Summit/JBossWorld -- Register now! http://.theredhatsummit.com _______________________________________________ legal mailing list legal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/legal
