EU Liability Window Lint (PLD 2024/2853)

Checks CHANGELOG.md and release notes for the four facts the EU Product Liability Directive makes load-bearing on 9 December 2026: release dates, support window, CVE-named security fixes, void AS-IS disclaimers. Runs entirely in your browser — nothing is uploaded.

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12 rules read your CHANGELOG.md the way Directive (EU) 2024/2853 will read it from 2026-12-09: undated releases lose the start of the 10-year window in Art. 17(2), and the AS-IS clause is vo

One hour of EU product-compliance counsel bills around $300, and one repository's release history takes longer than an hour to read.

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Questions people ask

What does EU Liability Window Lint actually do?

It reads a CHANGELOG.md or release-notes file and applies 12 rules drawn from Directive (EU) 2024/2853 and the Cyber Resilience Act (EU) 2024/2847. On the 25-line sample changelog shipped with it, it returns 15 findings: undated releases, an AS-IS clause that Art. 15 voids, security fixes with no CVE, and a citation of the repealed Directive 85/374/EEC.

Who is this for?

Maintainers, release engineers and vendors who place software on the EU market and keep a changelog. From 9 December 2026 software is a product under Art. 4(1) of Directive (EU) 2024/2853, so the release history stops being housekeeping and becomes a record a court can order disclosed under Art. 8.

Why will a free markdown linter not do this?

Markdown linters and spell-checkers read style. None of them know that Art. 15 voids an AS-IS clause against an injured person, that Directive 85/374/EEC is repealed on 2026-12-09, or that Annex II(8) of the Cyber Resilience Act wants a support-end date. A chatbot will cheerfully hand you the wrong applicability year.

What is free and what does the paid version add?

Free: the open file, all 12 rules, every finding with its line number and the article behind it. The clean sample returns 0 findings and the dirty one returns 15. Paid, $29 once: every changelog in the workspace in one pass, plus a dated Markdown and CSV evidence record you keep and file.

What would this cost if a person did it?

One hour of EU product-compliance counsel bills around $300, and reading one repository's release history takes longer than an hour. This lint costs $29 once, runs in the editor or in the browser, and re-runs on every release. Seven-day full refund, one licence key per person or team seat.

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