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		gattilorenz on July 3, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Kernel Engineer at Microsoft's Answer to “What D... Why would Microsoft be liable? Do you check if your butcher has illegally bought his knife? Should you be liable, if so?

jacobush on July 3, 2019 [–]

Hmm... you may be right. But on the other hand, is the steak licensed and copyrighted?

gattilorenz on July 3, 2019 | [–]

It's not, but metaphors and analogies only go so far :)

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