Re: [Gendispatch] I-D Action: draft-halpern-gendispatch-antitrust-00.txt

John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> Sun, 05 September 2021 03:27 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Gendispatch] I-D Action: draft-halpern-gendispatch-antitrust-00.txt
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It appears that Joel M. Halpern  <jmh@joelhalpern.com> said:
>.... All the ones I have seen do this also 
>make clear that it should not be considered legal advice, and that those 
>in need of legal details should talk to a lawyer.

Legal advice means advice for your specific situation from your
lawyer.  As the old joke goes, if this were legal advice you would know
because it would have a bill attached.

>This is itnended as a set of guidelines that help people understand the 
>dangerous space.  It can not, and does not, tell you exactly what you 
>can or can't do.  That would be legal advice, and would be rules. 
>Neither of which this document provides.

Right.  There are whole publishers like Nolo Press who provide guides
and explanations about the law.  A guide on how anti-trust relates
to the IETF is long overdue.

R's,
John