[License-discuss] Fwd: Query whether BSD Licence liability disclaimer is "viral".

[David Woolley]

On 14/02/15 01:37, Savva Kerdemelidis wrote:

>
> I have a question about whether the liability disclaimer in the BSD
> licence is "viral" i.e. does it apply to downstream software
> incorporating BSD licensed code? If so, doesn't that mean that including
> any warranties for such downstream software (e.g. proprietary) will
> breach the license?

My understanding is that only if those warranties are given in the name 
of <organisation>.  The proprietary developer can give warranties, in 
their own name, and I think Microsoft does.

However, as I'm not a lawyer you cannot rely on this as legal advice, 
and the lawyers on the list will also not give you legal advice because 
they are not your laywers.