[callesgg]

It is hard to blame other people when you are the only one to blame. When you decide to use a open source project it is your fault if it fails not the open source project, it often says so in the licensing.

While that is always true in reality(you are always responsible for your actions), it is not legally obvious when you buy commercial products(you can blame the manufacturer).

While people are often reluctant to accept that. I find that it is often what people’s arguments in this regards can be boiled down to.

[Tabular-Iceberg]

I don't understand this argument at all. Unless you interpret the disclaimer as "you are not allowed to contract support from a third party", in which case you need to fire your legal department.

I suspect the argument usually comes in the form of FUD from consultants like the ones in charge of this project. But I wonder what makes it takes hold. Incompetent lawyers? Bureaucrats who like to play armchair lawyers? Or just outright corruption?