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Comment by arp242 | Hacker News Reader

You don't have a "begonias, open for everyone to view" sign though. The comparison makes no sense.

Fair enough, a better comparison might be that my "begonias for everyone to view" yard has a stranger say "when are you going to get bigger begonias?"

The response is then the same.

You have "begonias for everyone to view" and purchased a bigger begonia (visible to everyone but not yet planted), and a stranger asks "when are you going to plant the big begonia?".

Doesn't sound strange or entitled to me.

Totally, it's not strange or entitled to ask. But it's also not strange or entitled to reply with "when I get around to it, unless you want to come help!"

Right, instead mitmproxy comes with this sign:

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

So not only is there not "begonias, open for everyone to view" sign in this case but there is a big sign saying "NO BEGONIAS GUARANTEED. IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE PLANTS WE CURRENTLY HAVE, THAT'S NOT OUR PROBLEM."

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