[sdiy] legalities?

[Senso]

Find a site that shows how to build a nuclear device.
Their disclaimer should pretty much cover the risks of causing grief 
or harm. LOL

Senso


>Y-ellow Fellow Mutants.
>         Here's a question for those who are publishing and/or fabricating.
>
>I'm recently concerned about a legal issue with regards to 
>publishing my switch-mode quasi-project. I had read recently that 
>just because you place a disclaimer on something, doesn't mean you 
>can't be held liable. From what I can gather, it works like this.
>
>Unless the disclaimer is written in law, it's not actually legally 
>binding. Therefore if someone killed their gold fish with one of 
>your projects and they just happened to be sufficiently angry about 
>it, they COULD cause you grief. The challenge would probably not go 
>the distance but it would still cost you money to defend. You'd have 
>to contend that...
>
>"The guy is an idiot for trying to use his gold fish as a load 
>resistor in the first place."
><snip>
>I'm sure that someone here must have grazed upon this problem before 
>so I'm wondering if anyone knows what the acceptable risk is or has 
>any opinions on this side of things.