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I'm amazed that there has been zero coverage of this:
EU's new Product Liability Directive got voted through last thursday.
No later than two years from now, software, stand-alone, cloud or embedded are subject to "no-fault liability" (ie: doesn't matter how or why, only that it is defective.)
Here's the directive:
https://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/PE-7-2024-INIT/en/pdf
Gentlemen, start your panic…
PS: Yes, there is a FOSS exemption, but only "outside commercial activity". (Ie: The guy in Nebraska but not RedHat)
@bsdphk What were you expecting, a blanket opt-out of liability for Red Hat because they provide source code? From what @maarten and I hear, the FOSS exemption is expected to be solid, by the way. You'd have to do quite some arguing that something is a commercial activity, government people tell us.
@bert_hubert @bsdphk @maarten I make around $1200 a year from GitHub sponsorships for my freely offered open source projects. There's no contract, no consideration involved. I read the doc and it's unclear whether that counts as commercial activity
@bert_hubert @bsdphk @maarten Also I'm in the US, do I need to start worrying if a European sponsors me. What about if a European corporation sponsors me