[bilbo0s]

"...Warranties against product flaws are mandatory..."

If that were true...

the software industry would be in REAL trouble.

[Zr40]

Most open source software licenses contain all-caps legalese disclaiming all forms of warranty. See [1] and [2] for example.

[1]: http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT

[2]: http://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause

[konstruktor]

For an example, see this summary of the baseline for warranties in the EU http://europa.eu/youreurope/citizens/shopping/shopping-abroa... I suppose the reason why the software industry gets around this is that you can't buy software but only license it.

[jarek]

Do you agree to an EULA when buying an MBP or another laptop, implicitly or otherwise? Serious question.

[konstruktor]

AFAIK, as a consumer, you cannot sign away these rights for physical products. For software, which you license, i.e. acquire usage rights, the situation seems to be different.