[belval]

Victim blaming? OP is bragging about his revenue in the very same blog post! He used open-source code without taking the time to understand what the code did and somehow we're victim blaming?

> THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

That's the license OP agreed to when he used the code.

[Ansil849]

I really wonder if you have the same approach to all other situations with fine print, not just software contracts? Ebay scams, usury lending agreements, everything?

If on line 37, page 409, of a car rental agreement that you sign, it states that if you are an hour late in returning your vehicle, the car rental company will take your firstborn, and you sign this agreement, then it's on you, right?

[belval]

> I really wonder if you have the same approach to all other situations with fine print

This isn't a fine-print, it's literally in bold in the license file. I am not renting a car that says it might not run but they'll still charge me.

> If on line 37, page 409, of a car rental agreement that you sign, it states that if you are an hour late in returning your vehicle, the car rental company will kill your firstborn, and you sign this agreement, then it's on you, right?

This is a bad example because killing my firstborn is illegal. This is more akin to a car rental that charges and extreme late fee that is written on page 1.