[Fedora-legal-list] ssh enable and firewall open for sshd connection by default after install who's legally liable?.

["Jóhann B. Guðmundsson"]

On 05/19/2011 03:55 PM, Mathieu Bridon wrote:
> On Thu, 2011-05-19 at 15:41 +0000, "Jóhann B. Guðmundsson" wrote:
>> On 05/19/2011 03:17 PM, Paul W. Frields wrote:
>> Are our ambassadors liable themselves liable for handing out that dvd at
>> that event?
> On that specific question, and with my ambassador hat on, I have always
> felt responsible for what happened to the people I had installed Fedora
> for.
>
> Not legally liable, but ethically responsible. If they had a problem,
> they could send me an email, and I would have helped them fix it.
>
> I know it doesn't answer your question about any legal liability, but in
> practice, if you are nice to people and offer your help, they will
> rarely sue you anyway. :)

I think someone facing jail time and substantial fine for doing 
absolutely nothing wrong will think everything but nice about those that 
put him in that jam in the first place.

But it begs the question how well the project is protected in this 
regard and how well it's members are protected should they be sued 
individually.

For example would Red Hat/Fedora provide legal support for that end user 
or would Red Hat/Fedora provide legal support if in that hypothetical 
scenario the end user decides to sue the Ambassador or fesco members 
indvidually those that vote yes to the idea of doing this?

And so fourth and so on.

Perhaps we need a wiki page that clarifies what legal rights Fedora 
users/representatives have.

JBG