Software Liability

The EU recently proposed extending consumer protection laws to include software so that the developer would be liable for failures as for any other consumer product. At this month's PyGTA meeting, we had a round table discussion of the subject of software liability. Since most members of PyGTA earn a living developing software, the topic is quite relevant to the group. Despite the dry nature of the topic, the discussion was quite lively and even entertaining at times, but I don't think we reached any useful conclusions.