Last Updated on Tuesday, 02 June 2009 15:20 Written by Administrator Monday, 01 June 2009 16:19

Microsoft and the Linux Foundation have written an open letter to the American Law Institute criticizing a document that will soon be published which contains guidance on interpreting software contract law.

Until today the presence of bugs, and thus defects in software products, seems to be a rooted concept worldwide. For this reason, Microsoft and Linux Foundation have noted that the bill does not appear to reflect the current regulator.

According to the Linux Foundation and Microsoft, the document's assertions are inconsistent with case law and could be harmful to the software industry. Its detrimental impact would be felt by both commercial software vendors and open source software communities.

A transferor that receives money or a right to payment of a monetary obligation in exchange for the software warrants to any party in the normal chain of distribution that the software contains no material hidden defects of which the transferor was aware at the time of the transfer. This warranty may not be excluded.