Only now every user of the software in Europe has recourse to sue you if you make a mistake, instead of just your paying customers.
Only if they somehow directly got it from GP, through some kind of commercial thing. I doubt downloading stuff from Github for personal use qualifies.
The way I read it, this directive wants to ensure that for any digital product sold on the EU market, there exist some entity that can be sued in EU jurisdiction; within the Union, that would be the vendor; outside - a vendor representative, or an importer. Which is a perfectly reasonable expectation to have, and it's how it mostly works with physical goods and services (aliexpress notwithstanding).
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Only now every user of the software in Europe has recourse to sue you if you make a mistake, instead of just your paying customers.
Your total liability went to infinity overnight (in 2026 anyways).
It's a bit of a problem that it's hard to even tell as well.
Only if they somehow directly got it from GP, through some kind of commercial thing. I doubt downloading stuff from Github for personal use qualifies.
The way I read it, this directive wants to ensure that for any digital product sold on the EU market, there exist some entity that can be sued in EU jurisdiction; within the Union, that would be the vendor; outside - a vendor representative, or an importer. Which is a perfectly reasonable expectation to have, and it's how it mostly works with physical goods and services (aliexpress notwithstanding).