[Info-vax] Disclaimer of Warranty and Limitation of Liability

[AEF]

On Oct 21, 8:17 am, FrankS <sapie... at noesys.com> wrote:
> On Oct 20, 2:34 pm, AEF <spamsink2... at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > Is anything warranted
> > in VMS, or in the software world, for that matter?
>
> I don't generally read the license documents, but the few I have
> looked at all contain some variant of the same exclusion.  Basically,
> use it at your own risk.

To elaborate, when reading it I got the feeling they were saying -- in
a very casual, nonchalant manner, "Well, here's an ECO kit for you. It
may actually work without breaking anything! Who knows? Well, good
luck. We tried. But we don't really give a flying patoot."

>
> The consulting contracts that Digital used had similar language that
> said the client was responsible for deciding whether to use any
> software or ideas produced on their behalf.  If the custom
> applications didn't work, or the advice turned out to be bad, then
> Digital was not responsible for any losses -- economic or otherwise.

Fair -- at least for non-mandatory patches.

BTW, I've never had a ECO kit break anything, but I haven't applied
that many. But I once read about a change in the algorithm for
extending INDEXF.SYS made worse. I don't know if that was from an ECO
kit or an upgrade, but I applied an ECO kit that fixed that (the
problem was mentioned in the rel. notes) and it worked fine and didn't
break anything.

>
> If people could sue over faulty software then Microsoft would be out
> of business by now.

One can dream.

AEF