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by xp84 1163 days ago
By contrast, it's the case with nearly all products here. It's part of the standard boilerplate that comes with any software product license to explicitly disclaim all warranties, even the implied one that would otherwise exist. Usually phrased like:

> [Company] specifically disclaims all indirect or implied warranties to the full extent allowed by applicable law, including without limitation all implied warranties of, non-infringement, merchantability, title or fitness for any particular purpose. No oral or written information or advice given by [Company], its agents or employees shall create a warranty.

So, you can sell software with claims that it does anything, and if it does nothing at all, is useless, and actually burns your house down, the standard industry practice is that your TOS should make explicitly clear that that's not your problem.