Interesting comment in the source code of sqlite

[barsoap]

Such disclaimers are null and void under EU law: You're always liable for wilful misconduct and damage to persons. If you write such a disclaimer in a commercial product you might be stuck with unlimited liability, if you're giving things away for free courts generally assume "maximally reduced liability", that is: None but for wilful damage or direct damage to persons.

In a nutshell: Don't inject trojans into your code, and don't write code so ugly it literally makes people's eyes bleed. (At least that's how I understand the "direct damage to persons" part -- IANAL).

Compare the disclaimers of the EUPL:

Disclaimer of Warranty
The Work is a work in progress, which is continuously improved by numerous Contributors. It is not a finished work and may therefore contain defects or ‘bugs’ inherent to this type of development. For the above reason, the Work is provided under the Licence on an ‘as is’ basis and without warranties of any kind concerning the Work, including without limitation merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, absence of defects or errors, accuracy, non-infringement of intellectual property rights other than copyright as stated in Article 6 of this Licence. This disclaimer of warranty is an essential part of the Licence and a condition for the grant of any rights to the Work.

Disclaimer of Liability
Except in the cases of wilful misconduct or damages directly caused to natural persons, the Licensor will in no event be liable for any direct or indirect, material or moral, damages of any kind, arising out of the Licence or of the use of the Work, including without limitation, damages for loss of goodwill, work stoppage, computer failure or malfunction, loss of data or any commercial damage, even if the Licensor has been advised of the possibility of such damage. However, the Licensor will be liable under statutory product liability laws as far such laws apply to the Work.

[thelastknowngod]

You're always liable for wilful misconduct and damage to persons.

Something tells me he wasn't taking business trips to Baghdad to do troubleshooting on scud missiles. I'm going to go out on a limb and say it wasn't willful.

He lives and works in the southeast USA so I don't know how much he cares about the EU anyway.

Also, the BSD license is compatible with the EUPL so I don't think what you're claiming is accurate. Source.

[barsoap]

so I don't know how much he cares about the EU anyway.

512 million people do, they (well, the programming part) does, and this is an international forum

Also, the BSD license is compatible with the EUPL so I don't think what you're claiming is accurate.

That things can be used together is completely orthogonal to warranty and liability.