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No, it is bad because it could also apply to open source software aimed at consumers, not only commercial vendors integrating OSS.

> whether “open source” is exempt from liability in a law designed to protect consumers. So far the answer is “probably not?” Exemption means consumers bear the cost – exactly what the law is trying to change. Perhaps if the open source in question remains an academic or research tool, versus reaching consumers, we’re okay? The proof may come when the first consumer demands compensation, and the courts step in.

>>tesdin+(OP)
The directive has not finished the legislative process yet so it's difficult to be exact but according to the briefing on the New Product Liability Directive redacted by the European Parliamentary Research Service

> In the aim of not hampering innovation: (i) free and open-source software developed or supplied outside the course of commercial activity, as well as (ii) the source code of software, should be excluded from the definition of products covered under the proposal.

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2023/7393...

>>TheBig+Px1
That's interesting. Where does Java script fall in this context, does it qualify as source code? I'm asking the EU lawmakers not you. I'm wondering how they would distinguish Java script source code and Java script product.