@marado@twtxt.net @prologic@twtxt.net personally I think there are good arguments in favor of accountability standards for some open source projects. Not all, obviously. But it is insane to act as though open source contributors bear exactly 0 responsibility in cases where they know full well that they are contributing code to potentially dangerous projects, and/or know they will profit from those contributions. We don’t do that in any other sphere of life and shouldn’t be doing it with software either. People die from this shit, or lose their life savings.
Also, open source provides an avenue for companies to launder their own responsibilities. That loophole should be closed.
Anyway, it’s not an open and shut caae of “absolutely no liability for open source developers ever.” Frankly, software quality would improve tenfold virtually overnight if developers knew they could be sued for doing lousy work. That’s not a “chilling effect”, it’s responsible regulation of potentially dangerous products.