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> Why should FOSS be any different? Because it's not a business. Health regulations for restaurants also don't apply to your kitchen at home, even if you are i
by DasIch 4y ago
> Why should FOSS be any different?
Because it's not a business. Health regulations for restaurants also don't apply to your kitchen at home, even if you are inviting friends for dinner.
- pjmlp 4y agoThey surely apply if they happen to get food poisoning and sue you afterwards.
- yfr7ryfhh 4y agoShockingly it's actually the fact you gave them food poisoning that decides that one. But I wouldn't be surprised if the Europeans thought that in need of fixing too.
- pjmlp 4y agoIt means that you haven't taken the proper care to prevent it from happening in first place.
- account42 4y agoThere is a difference between being held accountable if your negligence ends up hurting someone vs. proactive audits and reporting requirements - the second has overhead even for those that already have high standards, overhead that is unreasonable outside a business setting.
- watwut 4y agoProactive audit system seems to be better one to me. It is more predictable - you know in advance which rules you are supposed to follow. It also allows for widely accepted risk standard know in advance to both customers and providers. The "do what you want and we will punish you hard if luck strikes badly" is less predictable. It has unfair results. It leads to both excessive risk avoidance (because if you are unlucky punishment is disproportionate) and risk taking customer is unable to proactively avoid.
- izacus 4y agoAnd if FOSS is not a business, it's excluded from this regulation as well. If you make business with said FOSS you need to provide security just like how a food truck making food from open recipes has to make sure to not poison people either.