[sneak]

Legal statements aren't special. They are also plain old social statements, which I think was his point. It's not solely a "don't sue me".

[ssokolow]

However, that disclaimer exists in all major open-source licenses, including all such software explicitly marketed such that a Reasonable Person (in the legal sense) would interpret it as a statement of fitness for purpose.

Thus, the disclaimer in the license cannot double as a disclaimer in the social arena.