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by ginko 1161 days ago
Obviously not. Why would you think so? You're only liable for the software shared under a support agreement.

I feel people really try to pick the worst possible interpretation of these laws just so they can hate on the EU.
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codeflo 1161 days ago
No, it’s people who possibly even agree with the intention of this wanting the letter of the law to be as clear as possible — so that a hypothetical uninformed judge a few years down the road has less wiggle room for a bad decision. (Also note that in some European law traditions, written law is more important than case law.)
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lozenge 1160 days ago
But the whole point of the CRA is to increase cybersecurity even without a support agreement. Eg every device to receive 5 years security support.
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LolWolf 1161 days ago
unfortunately lawyers (et al) will similarly pick the worst possible interpretation of a law as needed to win a case
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croes 1160 days ago
> free and open-source software developed or supplied outside the course of a commercial activity

What is software in this case? The open source software you developed as such or only the Installations you sold support for?

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