On August 19, 2009

Mandatory Software Warranties for Everyone

Software and warranties go together like water and oil: Read the license for any application and you’re bound to find wording that virtually eliminates any legal responsibility that the vendor might have toward the customer. But that may be changing in a big way through a legal backdoor if Mark Radcliffe is right. According to the software licensing expert and partner with global law firm DLA Piper, a report from the influential American Law Institute (ALI) could convince judges that a number of practices which are virtually unheard of in the software industry are, in fact, settled case law and standard practice.

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