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RoboRay · 12-26-2010, 10:41 PM

Not really.

If you want to know what's in the changed libraries, just look. That's kind of what's so great about open source software.

The software battery monitor "danger" has already been discredited, as the hardware safety feature is still operable.

And so long as the hardware failure that results in seeking warranty service does not directly result from software changes (the probability of which I won't even waste time going into), what possible moral/legal dilemma exists?

If I buy a Windows PC from Dell and install Debian Linux on it, are you seriously suggesting that I would face a moral/legal dilemma by seeking warranty action when the video card dies two weeks later?

12-26-2010, 10:41 PM	#30
RoboRay Zealot Posts: 132 Karma: 270 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: NookColor (CM7); OLPC XO (Ubuntu 8.10); HTC Thunderbolt (CM7)	Not really. If you want to know what's in the changed libraries, just look. That's kind of what's so great about open source software. The software battery monitor "danger" has already been discredited, as the hardware safety feature is still operable. And so long as the hardware failure that results in seeking warranty service does not directly result from software changes (the probability of which I won't even waste time going into), what possible moral/legal dilemma exists? If I buy a Windows PC from Dell and install Debian Linux on it, are you seriously suggesting that I would face a moral/legal dilemma by seeking warranty action when the video card dies two weeks later? Last edited by RoboRay; 12-26-2010 at 10:51 PM.