[127019] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Nato warns of strike against cyber attackers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (JC Dill)
Thu Jun 10 02:05:55 2010
Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2010 23:05:20 -0700
From: JC Dill <jcdill.lists@gmail.com>
CC: nanog@nanog.org
In-Reply-To: <6994E5E9-AD13-43DB-9137-07217DE03D0F@delong.com>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
Owen DeLong wrote:
>
> Software has been out of control for a long time and I hope that the gov't will start by ruling the "not responsible for our negligence or the damage it causes" clauses of software licenses invalid.
The beauty of my "attractive nuisance" argument is that the EULA doesn't
shield Microsoft from the damage their software causes to a 3rd party
such as the ISP who has to deal with the botnet infections of their
customers.
jc