[midmagico]

This is irrelevant, since the theory is that a fiduciary duty exists completely absent any interaction, and any payment, whatsoever, or in the event literally anyone else pays you to do the work (including your employer), you are now a fiduciary of everyone who uses your software in any financial sense whatsoever.

[tooltitude]

So do you mean that limited liability clauses essentially void? This looks really absurd. How could we develop and distribute any software in such a context?