Re: Basic instinct
Re: Basic instinct
- Subject: Re: Basic instinct
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- Date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 14:04:52 +0000 (UTC)
- Newsgroups: newsgate.cocoa-dev
- Organization: cabal.org.uk listgate, Warwickshire, UK
- Resent-date: Thu, 4 Aug 2005 15:06:57 +0100
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Lorenzo <email@hidden> wrote:
> [...] I show a dialog to the user saying that this program has been
> cracked and if he continues the program will delete all the files
> from the disk. The dialog has 2 buttons: Quit (predefined) and
> Continue. If the user presses Quit, the application quits, but if he
> presses the button Continue, my application really deletes all the
> files from the disk?
Under UK law, you're potentially liable for a fine and/or imprisonment
for up to five years.
Even just *saying* you're going to randomly delete files may make you
civilly liable if a computer subsequently starts malfunctioning, even
if you were not the cause.
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