Tuesday 9 July 2013

New Law Will Make Testers Liable for Missed Bugs

A tiny provision in a recent piece of proposed legislation could have an enormous impact on software testers worldwide if passed. Part of a bill introduced in the House of Representatives would make certain missed bugs a federal offense – including security bugs, functional bugs and even typos – with potential fines up to $10k and even prison time if the bug was deemed as something that should have “reasonably” been discovered in testing.
Source: Testing Blogs

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