Should OS makers, like Microsoft, be legally required to provide 15 years of security updates?

  • Buffalox@lemmy.world
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    12 hours ago

    I think it does in some cases, like if you buy a System 76 computer with PopOS, or you buy a server with Red Hat.
    However if you install a Linux OS yourself, that is available free of charge, there isn’t any money to claim back, and it would be illogical if there should be demands on updates.

    I think logically there needs to be money involved, so if you download PopOS you’re on your own, but if you bought a computer with PopOS installed it is part of a package.

    I’m not a lawyer, but from my experience this is how things typically work.

    Edit PS:
    If it’s FOSS or FLOSS there also technically isn’t any owner, so there is no legal person to make a claim against.