"NO WARRANTY OR GUARANTEE IS IMPLIED. USE THIS SOFTWARE AT YOUR OWN RISK" or some combination of that. Even my home server says that every time I SSH into it.
There is no reason that a legislature cannot pass a law saying that this disclaimer is contrary to public policy and won't be respected in the courts.
Indeed. In Finland, just about all such disclaimers are totally worthless. In particular consumer rights are defined in law and can only be extended by warranties, never reduced by disclaimers. Some rights can't even be signed away.
and of course because of this all software sold in Finland is free of bugs.
Do you have any idea what the QA procedure would be for a release of baking software?
The QA cycle on it alone would be 6-12 months. Then you would need 6-12 months to roll it out to all the ATMs globally.
Better not longer QA is needed.
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