[127040] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Nato warns of strike against cyber attackers
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Owen DeLong)
Thu Jun 10 11:58:22 2010
From: Owen DeLong <owen@delong.com>
In-Reply-To: <4C1080A0.1000303@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:55:19 -0700
To: JC Dill <jcdill.lists@gmail.com>
Cc: nanog@nanog.org
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On Jun 9, 2010, at 11:05 PM, JC Dill wrote:
> Owen DeLong wrote:
>>=20
>> 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.
>=20
> 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.=20
> jc
>=20
Yep... Much the same as my suggestion merely involves applying the same =
product liability standards as
every other industry faces to software.
Owen
