Be that as it may, isn't this still an unacceptable collateral damage?
So when you contribute code to an open source project, you generally do so under an open source license. All of them generally contain something akin to the following:
IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES
(this particular excerpt is from the BSD license)
I can understand taking action against the people who run the code. I can even understand taking action against people who were hired to contribute. But why kick some random open source contributor in the guts? What did they do wrong?
Are there open source licenses that protect the contributors from such unforeseeable damage? Or are we to watch our step from now on as open source contributors?
So when you contribute code to an open source project, you generally do so under an open source license. All of them generally contain something akin to the following:
(this particular excerpt is from the BSD license)I can understand taking action against the people who run the code. I can even understand taking action against people who were hired to contribute. But why kick some random open source contributor in the guts? What did they do wrong?
Are there open source licenses that protect the contributors from such unforeseeable damage? Or are we to watch our step from now on as open source contributors?