Comment Re:Yes!!! (Score 1) 213
Yes, UCITA and other legislative efforts are overt attempts to limit individual freedom to innovate, simultaneously shielding tax-paying software companies from any substantial liability for their products.
And yes, open-source-style legal forums like this one (Harvard's, not Slashdot's) could do much to help the efforts of the open-source/free software communities.
Unfortunately, the Harvard model appears to suffer from a certain lack of - custom? informational infrastructure? Without FAQs to refer obnoxious or immature (or just plain ignorant) people to, or other mechanisms for organizing the input and commentary, the goal of "open source law" could get bogged down by its pursuit.
Perhaps I'm mistaken, or perhaps the folks at FreeLaw are working on such mechanisms. I would prefer either option to the premature end of such a noble pursuit.
And yes, open-source-style legal forums like this one (Harvard's, not Slashdot's) could do much to help the efforts of the open-source/free software communities.
Unfortunately, the Harvard model appears to suffer from a certain lack of - custom? informational infrastructure? Without FAQs to refer obnoxious or immature (or just plain ignorant) people to, or other mechanisms for organizing the input and commentary, the goal of "open source law" could get bogged down by its pursuit.
Perhaps I'm mistaken, or perhaps the folks at FreeLaw are working on such mechanisms. I would prefer either option to the premature end of such a noble pursuit.
