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Clarifying legal stuff #407

Closed dotcode closed 2 years ago

dotcode commented 2 years ago
  1. The EU directive applies to European states, we are not a European state, so removed reference to it.
  2. We can break the law, our websites cannot, so clarified that. Much as we may desire to send particular websites to jail, those days are yet to come (on the upside, we can currently send our colleagues and friends and families to jail instead, so all is not lost).
  3. Being picky, but we cannot say that we MUST comply with ALL of the listed laws. Obviously we want to go beyond the laws, and in any one particular circumstance it's almost certain that at least one of those laws will apply, but in terms of globally applicable guidance, we're restricted to saying we SHOULD comply.
sonniesedge commented 2 years ago

The EU directive applies to European states, we are not a European state, so removed reference to it.

Who's "we"? 😉

dotcode commented 2 years ago

The EU directive applies to European states, we are not a European state, so removed reference to it.

Who's "we"? 😉

Springer Nature

sonniesedge commented 2 years ago

oh, you're on about are we a state, rather than which state we're in? Sorry MISREAD STAND DOWN ETC

dotcode commented 2 years ago

Yeah, correct, I mean … there are plenty of signs that the world is heading towards the future posited in Snow Crash, but until we have the Springer Nature Franchise-Organized Quasi-National Entity established, we can't really consider ourselves to be in the position of issuing passports, collecting taxes, etc.

hollsk commented 2 years ago

I know it's merged and the moment is passed, but I have just one question:

We're not a US state either, so should we also remove the bit about Section 508/Rehabilitation Act?