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

"Joel M. Halpern" <jmh@joelhalpern.com> Sat, 04 September 2021 06:42 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Gendispatch] I-D Action: draft-halpern-gendispatch-antitrust-00.txt
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What a number of other SDOsd have found, and makes sense to me, is that 
explaining to folks some of the parameters they need to look for is very 
helpful for a number of issues. 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.

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.

Our current policies do not even mention many of these dimensions.  It 
seems helpful to our participants to improve that.  Maybe you are so 
familiar with antitrust that it doesn't help you.

Yours,
Joel

On 9/4/2021 2:12 AM, Rob Sayre wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 3, 2021 at 10:46 PM Joel M. Halpern <jmh@joelhalpern.com 
> <mailto:jmh@joelhalpern.com>> wrote:
> 
>     No, as I understand it, telling people to obey the law is not "legal
>     advice".
> 
> 
> Well, this could get tedious, but let's go with Wikipedia[1]:
> 
> "The provision of legal advice will often involve analyzing a set of 
> facts and advising a person to take a specific course of action based on 
> the applicable law."
> 
> While we could rathole on these points, I think the larger point is that 
> the draft says nothing important on legal issues. How could it? It's 
> supposed to apply to the entire world.
> 
> So, what is the problem this draft is trying to fix? Why now?
> 
> thanks,
> Rob
> 
> [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_advice 
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_advice>

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