Re: Final text of GPL v3 (original) (raw)

Sean Kellogg skellogg@gmail.com writes:

Francesco... as I've said on this list before, "IANAL" is not a sufficient disclaimer. Nor is saying "this is not legal advice." There are laws, criminal laws, against the providing of legal advice by those who not certified by the Bar Association within the jurisdiction the advice is given in. There is no exception provided by adding disclaimers, there is only the question of whether or not legal advice was given.

There are also conventions in normal discourse, and "IANAL", expanded to "I am not a lawyer", is commonly understood to be shorthand for "... and therefore am not qualified to give legal advice; if you want legal advice, ask a lawyer, which I, as previously explained, am not".

If the choice is between continuing to discuss without that acronym spelled out in full every message, or eliding it as understood, I far prefer the latter.

-- \ "Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands | `\ it." -- Albert Einstein | o_) | Ben Finney

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