Re:Analyzing the legal implications of GitHub Copilot
by dragonwriter on Friday July 16, 2021 @12:15AM
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> > I learned here on HN that contracts are supposed to be a "meeting of minds".
> HN is not law school and you would be well-advised not to treat it as one. There's a ton of false information about the law flying around here and not nearly enough educated people or time to correct it all.
Since I learned the exact same thing about contracts being supposed to be a “meeting of the minds” in the first week of Contracts in law school (and much of the rest of Contracts was rules that have been developed operationalizing that principle), while I would agree with your “HN is not law school...” rant as a general rule, I don’t think its germane to the quoted statement.
Re:Analyzing the legal implications of GitHub Copilot
by otterley on Friday July 16, 2021 @12:22AM
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The problem is that people here tend to take a true generalization and form incorrect conclusions from it in the absence of proper legal education. That’s why I advise caution.
> HN is not law school and you would be well-advised not to treat it as one. There's a ton of false information about the law flying around here and not nearly enough educated people or time to correct it all.
Since I learned the exact same thing about contracts being supposed to be a “meeting of the minds” in the first week of Contracts in law school (and much of the rest of Contracts was rules that have been developed operationalizing that principle), while I would agree with your “HN is not law school...” rant as a general rule, I don’t think its germane to the quoted statement.