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Software liability law could divide open source : News : Software – ZDNet Asia

by corkie on Jun.11, 2009, under Open Source

By Victoria Ho, ZDNet Asia, Wednesday, June 10, 2009 07:14 PM

The world of open source development could be divided if the European Commission EC succeeds in passing a law extending consumer protection rules to software, according to experts.

The EC proposes software companies be held liable in the European Union EU for the security and efficacy of their products.

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