[SystemSafety] What do we know about software reliability?

[Robert P. Schaefer]

and, on top of that, you are a corporation, there is no person to send to jail.

just don’t leave obvious laws broken in your software for any one figure out, like VW, if you do, then all bets are off.

> On Sep 25, 2020, at 2:52 PM, Robert P. Schaefer <rps at mit.edu> wrote:
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> this was in my spam folder and not seen until now.
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> you are protected because the purchaser used your tool in an unsafe manner, similar to gun manufactuers protected from 
> misuse of guns, or auto manufacturers protected from bad drivers, and airline manufacturers from pilot error.
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> it would help, of course, if you were part of a critical aerospace or defense, or any industry that had enough money to fund lobbyists, 
> co-opt regulators, and contributed to the election of a politician or two.
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> this may be cynical but is NOT facetious. 
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>> On Sep 15, 2020, at 4:58 PM, Peter Bernard Ladkin <ladkin at causalis.com> wrote:
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>> On 2020-09-15 20:02 , Robert P. Schaefer wrote:
>>> that the new use is similar to past use within bounds set by you, and the users are experienced and trained within bounds set by you
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>> Great. Everything's up to me.
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>> Suppose something bad happens and people are hurt. What are the consequences? Do I go to jail, or is
>> it nothing to do with me?
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>> PBL
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>> Prof. Peter Bernard Ladkin, Bielefeld, Germany
>> Styelfy Bleibgsnd
>> Tel+msg +49 (0)521 880 7319  www.rvs-bi.de
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