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Discussion on: How a Rogue Developer Ruined Millions of Software (happened this weekend)

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michelemauro

It is well within the authors' rights. It's not on him to provide you with bug-free code, it's on you to check if the code you use with an open licence is up to what you need.

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sigzero

Uh...except he deliberately did it.

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James

It's still within his right's. It's MIT, it's very forward about being warranty free.

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sigzero

I am not saying it isn't. I am saying he deliberately broke it knowing it would break all the projects who relied on it and had nothing to do with the kerfuffle.

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michelemauro

They HAD something to do with it: they depended on it.
Was it an aggressive move, that caused problems? yes.
Was it within what the licence and copyright laws permit him to do? yes, too.