Re:Supreme Court rules Georgia state law annotations not cop...
by segfaultbuserr on Monday April 27, 2020 @10:56PM
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> I don't think it's obvious here and I worry the court will rule against them :/
Yes, ultimately, the issue of technical standard is still untested in court and remains a problem, it will take a prominent lawsuit before it's resolved.
> But what aspect of the manuals are the actual law? The technical measurements?
What Public.Resource.Org is doing is still a gray area, as you said. But I guess it will not be a total loss - if there are legal challenges in the future, they can publish a "censored" version of technical standard and defend that.
Yes, ultimately, the issue of technical standard is still untested in court and remains a problem, it will take a prominent lawsuit before it's resolved.
> But what aspect of the manuals are the actual law? The technical measurements?
What Public.Resource.Org is doing is still a gray area, as you said. But I guess it will not be a total loss - if there are legal challenges in the future, they can publish a "censored" version of technical standard and defend that.