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by PhasmaFelis 2726 days ago
> It is an easy way to remind people just what "free, but with no warranty" means.

Which is what? "Untrustworthy, avoid"?
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steventhedev 2726 days ago
Read the EULA for Windows; or Chrome; or Firefox; or Word; or ... The no warranty clause is included in the BSD, MIT, GPL, MPL, and Apache licenses (and many others...)

Sometimes things will work out for you, sometimes it means exactly what it says on the tin: "I don't promise this works"

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PhasmaFelis 2725 days ago
There's a clear difference between "I don't promise this works" and "I've broken this on purpose and knowingly hidden it from you."
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