prohibiting use that would result in death or personal injury

David Johnson david at usermode.org
Sun Jul 23 20:40:36 UTC 2000


On Sun, 23 Jul 2000, Justin Wells wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 22, 2000 at 01:51:04PM -0700, Seth David Schoen wrote:
> 
> > 	This software is not designed or intended for use in
> > 	real-time or on-line control of nuclear, chemical,
> > 	aviation, medical, or life-safety critical systems.
> 
> I'm going to adopt this language in my license for the time being; but 
> I still think there's a very thorny issue here and I'd like to hear more
> people's thoughts on the matter. 

I like this wording. It does not come right out and forbid its use in
such systems, but makes it clear that those who do have been warned.

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David Johnson
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