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> the EU is finalizing rules that will make open-source creators and licensees liable for any user harm their software might cause

Citation?

>>notfed+(OP)
Where this thread is going we don’t need any of them.

>>notfed+(OP)
This nonsensical sentence is the heart of whats wrong with the article.

There is a tremendous difference between creator and licensee, and lumping them together shows either a fundamental misunderstanding or incentives so perverse they're blinding the author.

From what I understood, the liability would only touch the creator if they're providing a _service_ to the public, and wouldn't touch people who release code for others to use.

And looking at it like that, doesn't this make sense? Who would have ever expected the provider of a service would be free from liability they cause? Regardless of what tools they're using to provide it.