im.py: a python communications tool

[Chris Angelico]

On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 5:20 PM, Mark Janssen <dreamingforward at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 12:14 AM, Chris Angelico <rosuav at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Tue, Apr 9, 2013 at 1:37 PM, Mark Janssen <dreamingforward at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> In the case of free (libre) open source
>>> software, such a case would have no merit, because such software never
>>> promises anyone *anything*.
>>
>> If that is the case, it's because the software license explicitly says
>> so - which is the reason for all those uppercase words in those
>> licenses. Which brings us right back to where we started.
>
> It doesn't have to say so, if it's not charging any money -- there's
> no expectation that you're getting anything at all!   Where does
> everyone come up with these bullshit ideas?  And them let them stand
> as de facto law?

Where do YOU come up with the idea that you can't be sued if money
didn't change hands? In what jurisdiction is that true? Unless it's
true in every jurisdiction that the internet touches, I wouldn't trust
it to protect me.

ChrisA