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  1. Chatrie v. United States

    Police officers conducted a Fourth Amendment search when they acquired Okello Chatrie’s location data from Google because an individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy in his cellphone location information.

    But is that really the case? Sure, your phone's location data, and (in this country at least) a reasonable expectation of privacy, and that would presumably include cellular data the carriers have.

    But does it really include location data that Mr Chatrie sold (bartered, traded in kind for access to network services instead of being charged directly for them) to Google, #Amazon, Faceplant, and other companies who buy ( with the right to resell in exchange for the privilege of utilizing their network services) this data - specifically to sell this privacy mined data to other third party aggregators and.... wait for it.... presumably those who either are, or would sell it to law enforcement agencies on the open market?

    Lemme break that down into the crux of the biscuit. Faceplant, InstaSpam, TakToe, Google, Amazon, and others, buy your privacy in a transaction that includes your access to their services - that's the fee for using Faceplant (You know it's not free).

    Most of those companies are built wholly, or in part, on this form of legally privacy mining you (in exchange for you using their services). That's how you pay for access to their services. They, in turn, sell that data for operating costs of their business product and hopefully make a profit by doing so.

    That sure sounds like consensual sex to me!

    So, what's the difference between selling your privacy mined data to other aggregators, for advertising, whatev, and law enforcement?

    Don't get me wrong, I think that both notions are atrocious injustices:

    - selling your privacy to have access to their network
    - Selling that privacy mined data to law enforcement

    Let's not church it up here folks - You went to the crossroads, just like Robert Johnson and sold your eternal soul so you could post stupid pictures of yourself on InstaSpam. You literally paid #Meta for network access and the use of their products (InstaSpam and FacePlant and Wassup). You litterally paid google for access to and the use of Google Docs and Gmail and YouTube, gDrive, Etc., (Wait for it...) by giving them permission over the ownership of a certain amount of your personal data (location, posts, private emails, documents saved on Google infra, etc.).

    And you wanna know what's wrong with them providing law enforcement with this info.... without a warrant? Umm... Because you sold it to them so they could sell it to others on the open market!!!.

    Now, I think there could be distinctions between just handing over data without an actual warrant, and selling that data to law enforcement. The former sounds like infringement of rights while the latter sounds perfectly reasonable to me - both resulting in the exact same disclosure of (potentially) your most private secrets.

    But the facts of the matter are that you literally sold them the rights to distribute this information about you in the free marketplace!

    "You got this ad because you're a teacher, but more importantly you're a Leo (and single). This ad used your location to see you're in Moscow. You like to support sketch comedy, and this ad thinks you do drag,"

    Ew that must've stung!

    Once upon a time you could just track virtually anyone's location on Faceplant in real time, but when some people started complaining and there were concerns about potential stalkers, they began shoring this up - first, with Opt-out, but eventually, just removing that capability from the platform for all intents and purposes.... sort of.

    There are plenty of companies who publish their AUPs and ToS's explaining that under no circumstances will they divulge shit about you without a legally compelling warrant - further, many of these sites/companies often also publish a Warrant Canary. None of these businesses are of the stature that rises to the level of a #Big_Tech stature.

    Here's a bit more on the topic of Warrant Canaries. And another #Warrant_Canary example is HERE.

    Now, let's not get all upset about an innocent person being persecuted - Okello Chatrie is a fricken' bank robber who walked into and robbed a credit union in Virginia on the 20th of May in 2019.

    If you read through that opinion, you may get the impression that the damming information was cellular data - but I don't believe that's the case; rather, I believe it was GPS data that Alphabet (aka Google) collects with your permission, as a condition agreed to so that you can use Google stuffs. You may say 'same difference', but if it was Geolocation based on GPS data that Google collected from his phone (rather than cellular data provided by the cellular carrier that was his provider), that's an important distinction (Besides, Neither T-Mobile nor Verizon are mentioned).

    Anyway, he's a despicable scumbag to be sure, but did he give permission for Google to sell that information to other parties as a result of Google's consent for him to gain access to Googles services? After all, Google paid for the right to do so (when he sold his soul).

    Where the distinction becomes relevant, as I see it, oh.... wait... disclaimer (IANAL). There, let's move along, in lay terms, coz I'm a lay person. Anyway, as I see it, Google didn't actually [legally] sell this information to a third party, namely the FBI and other law enforcement agencies - They provided under the terms of a warrant that was issued demanding that it be provided.

    That might be nit-picking to some, but I think that's a HUGE distinction. Further, had the cops come to Google and asked if they would sell his geolocation data to them, I believe that it may have been a perfectly acceptable and legal transaction - after all, he did sell his privacy rights at the cross-roads.

    But this was a judicial warrant, and the information was subpoena'd (I'm reaching here with the nomenclature, but you get the gist of what I'm saying here.

    For a warrant demanding the information, he had a reasonable expectation of privacy. For the sale of the disclosure of information privacy farmed in his Google account for these very purposes, the sale would have, or rather might have, been perfectly legal.

    I dunno. I'm interested in your take on this.

    So, did the #InstaSpam users have an expectation of privacy to keep #Signal from publishing their private information? Nope! Because that data was legitimately purchased from #Faceplant (Meta, Whatev).

    On the other hand, was the same data that law enforcement could have presumably legally purchased from #Google, but chose instead to acquire by court order, substantively any different due to the method they incorporated to secure that data?

    Was this a subtle difference? Because I could buy that data from Google if I wanted to, right? Was it just because it was #law_enforcement?

    In closing, again, I reiterate that #IANAL but it seems to me that there sure are a lot of crux in that biscuit.

    #tallship #privacy_mining #privacy #industrial_surveillance #Supreme_Court

  2. Chatrie v. United States

    Police officers conducted a Fourth Amendment search when they acquired Okello Chatrie’s location data from Google because an individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy in his cellphone location information.

    But is that really the case? Sure, your phone's location data, and (in this country at least) a reasonable expectation of privacy, and that would presumably include cellular data the carriers have.

    But does it really include location data that Mr Chatrie sold (bartered, traded in kind for access to network services instead of being charged directly for them) to Google, #Amazon, Faceplant, and other companies who buy ( with the right to resell in exchange for the privilege of utilizing their network services) this data - specifically to sell this privacy mined data to other third party aggregators and.... wait for it.... presumably those who either are, or would sell it to law enforcement agencies on the open market?

    Lemme break that down into the crux of the biscuit. Faceplant, InstaSpam, TakToe, Google, Amazon, and others, buy your privacy in a transaction that includes your access to their services - that's the fee for using Faceplant (You know it's not free).

    Most of those companies are built wholly, or in part, on this form of legally privacy mining you (in exchange for you using their services). That's how you pay for access to their services. They, in turn, sell that data for operating costs of their business product and hopefully make a profit by doing so.

    That sure sounds like consensual sex to me!

    So, what's the difference between selling your privacy mined data to other aggregators, for advertising, whatev, and law enforcement?

    Don't get me wrong, I think that both notions are atrocious injustices:

    - selling your privacy to have access to their network
    - Selling that privacy mined data to law enforcement

    Let's not church it up here folks - You went to the crossroads, just like Robert Johnson and sold your eternal soul so you could post stupid pictures of yourself on InstaSpam. You literally paid #Meta for network access and the use of their products (InstaSpam and FacePlant and Wassup). You litterally paid google for access to and the use of Google Docs and Gmail and YouTube, gDrive, Etc., (Wait for it...) by giving them permission over the ownership of a certain amount of your personal data (location, posts, private emails, documents saved on Google infra, etc.).

    And you wanna know what's wrong with them providing law enforcement with this info.... without a warrant? Umm... Because you sold it to them so they could sell it to others on the open market!!!.

    Now, I think there could be distinctions between just handing over data without an actual warrant, and selling that data to law enforcement. The former sounds like infringement of rights while the latter sounds perfectly reasonable to me - both resulting in the exact same disclosure of (potentially) your most private secrets.

    But the facts of the matter are that you literally sold them the rights to distribute this information about you in the free marketplace!

    "You got this ad because you're a teacher, but more importantly you're a Leo (and single). This ad used your location to see you're in Moscow. You like to support sketch comedy, and this ad thinks you do drag,"

    Ew that must've stung!

    Once upon a time you could just track virtually anyone's location on Faceplant in real time, but when some people started complaining and there were concerns about potential stalkers, they began shoring this up - first, with Opt-out, but eventually, just removing that capability from the platform for all intents and purposes.... sort of.

    There are plenty of companies who publish their AUPs and ToS's explaining that under no circumstances will they divulge shit about you without a legally compelling warrant - further, many of these sites/companies often also publish a Warrant Canary. None of these businesses are of the stature that rises to the level of a #Big_Tech stature.

    Here's a bit more on the topic of Warrant Canaries. And another #Warrant_Canary example is HERE.

    Now, let's not get all upset about an innocent person being persecuted - Okello Chatrie is a fricken' bank robber who walked into and robbed a credit union in Virginia on the 20th of May in 2019.

    If you read through that opinion, you may get the impression that the damming information was cellular data - but I don't believe that's the case; rather, I believe it was GPS data that Alphabet (aka Google) collects with your permission, as a condition agreed to so that you can use Google stuffs. You may say 'same difference', but if it was Geolocation based on GPS data that Google collected from his phone (rather than cellular data provided by the cellular carrier that was his provider), that's an important distinction (Besides, Neither T-Mobile nor Verizon are mentioned).

    Anyway, he's a despicable scumbag to be sure, but did he give permission for Google to sell that information to other parties as a result of Google's consent for him to gain access to Googles services? After all, Google paid for the right to do so (when he sold his soul).

    Where the distinction becomes relevant, as I see it, oh.... wait... disclaimer (IANAL). There, let's move along, in lay terms, coz I'm a lay person. Anyway, as I see it, Google didn't actually [legally] sell this information to a third party, namely the FBI and other law enforcement agencies - They provided under the terms of a warrant that was issued demanding that it be provided.

    That might be nit-picking to some, but I think that's a HUGE distinction. Further, had the cops come to Google and asked if they would sell his geolocation data to them, I believe that it may have been a perfectly acceptable and legal transaction - after all, he did sell his privacy rights at the cross-roads.

    But this was a judicial warrant, and the information was subpoena'd (I'm reaching here with the nomenclature, but you get the gist of what I'm saying here.

    For a warrant demanding the information, he had a reasonable expectation of privacy. For the sale of the disclosure of information privacy farmed in his Google account for these very purposes, the sale would have, or rather might have, been perfectly legal.

    I dunno. I'm interested in your take on this.

    So, did the #InstaSpam users have an expectation of privacy to keep #Signal from publishing their private information? Nope! Because that data was legitimately purchased from #Faceplant (Meta, Whatev).

    On the other hand, was the same data that law enforcement could have presumably legally purchased from #Google, but chose instead to acquire by court order, substantively any different due to the method they incorporated to secure that data?

    Was this a subtle difference? Because I could buy that data from Google if I wanted to, right? Was it just because it was #law_enforcement?

    In closing, again, I reiterate that #IANAL but it seems to me that there sure are a lot of crux in that biscuit.

    #tallship #privacy_mining #privacy #industrial_surveillance #Supreme_Court

  3. Chatrie v. United States

    Police officers conducted a Fourth Amendment search when they acquired Okello Chatrie’s location data from Google because an individual has a reasonable expectation of privacy in his cellphone location information.

    But is that really the case? Sure, your phone's location data, and (in this country at least) a reasonable expectation of privacy, and that would presumably include cellular data the carriers have.

    But does it really include location data that Mr Chatrie sold (bartered, traded in kind for access to network services instead of being charged directly for them) to Google, #Amazon, Faceplant, and other companies who buy ( with the right to resell in exchange for the privilege of utilizing their network services) this data - specifically to sell this privacy mined data to other third party aggregators and.... wait for it.... presumably those who either are, or would sell it to law enforcement agencies on the open market?

    Lemme break that down into the crux of the biscuit. Faceplant, InstaSpam, TakToe, Google, Amazon, and others, buy your privacy in a transaction that includes your access to their services - that's the fee for using Faceplant (You know it's not free).

    Most of those companies are built wholly, or in part, on this form of legally privacy mining you (in exchange for you using their services). That's how you pay for access to their services. They, in turn, sell that data for operating costs of their business product and hopefully make a profit by doing so.

    That sure sounds like consensual sex to me!

    So, what's the difference between selling your privacy mined data to other aggregators, for advertising, whatev, and law enforcement?

    Don't get me wrong, I think that both notions are atrocious injustices:

    - selling your privacy to have access to their network
    - Selling that privacy mined data to law enforcement

    Let's not church it up here folks - You went to the crossroads, just like Robert Johnson and sold your eternal soul so you could post stupid pictures of yourself on InstaSpam. You literally paid #Meta for network access and the use of their products (InstaSpam and FacePlant and Wassup). You litterally paid google for access to and the use of Google Docs and Gmail and YouTube, gDrive, Etc., (Wait for it...) by giving them permission over the ownership of a certain amount of your personal data (location, posts, private emails, documents saved on Google infra, etc.).

    And you wanna know what's wrong with them providing law enforcement with this info.... without a warrant? Umm... Because you sold it to them so they could sell it to others on the open market!!!.

    Now, I think there could be distinctions between just handing over data without an actual warrant, and selling that data to law enforcement. The former sounds like infringement of rights while the latter sounds perfectly reasonable to me - both resulting in the exact same disclosure of (potentially) your most private secrets.

    But the facts of the matter are that you literally sold them the rights to distribute this information about you in the free marketplace!

    "You got this ad because you're a teacher, but more importantly you're a Leo (and single). This ad used your location to see you're in Moscow. You like to support sketch comedy, and this ad thinks you do drag,"

    Ew that must've stung!

    Once upon a time you could just track virtually anyone's location on Faceplant in real time, but when some people started complaining and there were concerns about potential stalkers, they began shoring this up - first, with Opt-out, but eventually, just removing that capability from the platform for all intents and purposes.... sort of.

    There are plenty of companies who publish their AUPs and ToS's explaining that under no circumstances will they divulge shit about you without a legally compelling warrant - further, many of these sites/companies often also publish a Warrant Canary. None of these businesses are of the stature that rises to the level of a #Big_Tech stature.

    Here's a bit more on the topic of Warrant Canaries. And another #Warrant_Canary example is HERE.

    Now, let's not get all upset about an innocent person being persecuted - Okello Chatrie is a fricken' bank robber who walked into and robbed a credit union in Virginia on the 20th of May in 2019.

    If you read through that opinion, you may get the impression that the damming information was cellular data - but I don't believe that's the case; rather, I believe it was GPS data that Alphabet (aka Google) collects with your permission, as a condition agreed to so that you can use Google stuffs. You may say 'same difference', but if it was Geolocation based on GPS data that Google collected from his phone (rather than cellular data provided by the cellular carrier that was his provider), that's an important distinction (Besides, Neither T-Mobile nor Verizon are mentioned).

    Anyway, he's a despicable scumbag to be sure, but did he give permission for Google to sell that information to other parties as a result of Google's consent for him to gain access to Googles services? After all, Google paid for the right to do so (when he sold his soul).

    Where the distinction becomes relevant, as I see it, oh.... wait... disclaimer (IANAL). There, let's move along, in lay terms, coz I'm a lay person. Anyway, as I see it, Google didn't actually [legally] sell this information to a third party, namely the FBI and other law enforcement agencies - They provided under the terms of a warrant that was issued demanding that it be provided.

    That might be nit-picking to some, but I think that's a HUGE distinction. Further, had the cops come to Google and asked if they would sell his geolocation data to them, I believe that it may have been a perfectly acceptable and legal transaction - after all, he did sell his privacy rights at the cross-roads.

    But this was a judicial warrant, and the information was subpoena'd (I'm reaching here with the nomenclature, but you get the gist of what I'm saying here.

    For a warrant demanding the information, he had a reasonable expectation of privacy. For the sale of the disclosure of information privacy farmed in his Google account for these very purposes, the sale would have, or rather might have, been perfectly legal.

    I dunno. I'm interested in your take on this.

    So, did the #InstaSpam users have an expectation of privacy to keep #Signal from publishing their private information? Nope! Because that data was legitimately purchased from #Faceplant (Meta, Whatev).

    On the other hand, was the same data that law enforcement could have presumably legally purchased from #Google, but chose instead to acquire by court order, substantively any different due to the method they incorporated to secure that data?

    Was this a subtle difference? Because I could buy that data from Google if I wanted to, right? Was it just because it was #law_enforcement?

    In closing, again, I reiterate that #IANAL but it seems to me that there sure are a lot of crux in that biscuit.

    #tallship #privacy_mining #privacy #industrial_surveillance #Supreme_Court

  4. This is, I believe, total bullshit. It’s a trade association. It has no such limitation on it. #ianal

    irs.gov/charities-non-profits/

    EDIT: Original post was deleted by author, but originally referenced how Rust Foundation legally had to accept money from OpenAI because of laws.

  5. This is, I believe, total bullshit. It’s a trade association. It has no such limitation on it. #ianal

    irs.gov/charities-non-profits/

    EDIT: Original post was deleted by author, but originally referenced how Rust Foundation legally had to accept money from OpenAI because of laws.

  6. This is, I believe, total bullshit. It’s a trade association. It has no such limitation on it.

    irs.gov/charities-non-profits/

    EDIT: Original post was deleted by author, but originally referenced how Rust Foundation legally had to accept money from OpenAI because of laws.

  7. This is, I believe, total bullshit. It’s a trade association. It has no such limitation on it. #ianal

    irs.gov/charities-non-profits/

    EDIT: Original post was deleted by author, but originally referenced how Rust Foundation legally had to accept money from OpenAI because of laws.

  8. This is, I believe, total bullshit. It’s a trade association. It has no such limitation on it. #ianal

    irs.gov/charities-non-profits/

    EDIT: Original post was deleted by author, but originally referenced how Rust Foundation legally had to accept money from OpenAI because of laws.

  9. #IANAL but "future threats" sounds like things that have not happened, and not done by the people being sentenced.

  10. #IANAL but "future threats" sounds like things that have not happened, and not done by the people being sentenced.

  11. #IANAL but "future threats" sounds like things that have not happened, and not done by the people being sentenced.

  12. #IANAL but "future threats" sounds like things that have not happened, and not done by the people being sentenced.

  13. #IANAL but "future threats" sounds like things that have not happened, and not done by the people being sentenced.

  14. Baofeng radios are often seen for sale in the UK, being sold as "legal PMR" becase they can be programmed to operate on PMR 446 channels. The reality is BF-888S radios are NOT UK legal for PMR 446. They fail on a number of legal criteria (and under technical testing they're just a sloppy product). Detachable antenna is illegal. Directly programmable, they have access to frequencies and channel separations well outside legal specifications.

    Applicable law: Wireless Telegraphy Act (2006) #IANAL

  15. Baofeng radios are often seen for sale in the UK, being sold as "legal PMR" becase they can be programmed to operate on PMR 446 channels. The reality is BF-888S radios are NOT UK legal for PMR 446. They fail on a number of legal criteria (and under technical testing they're just a sloppy product). Detachable antenna is illegal. Directly programmable, they have access to frequencies and channel separations well outside legal specifications.

    Applicable law: Wireless Telegraphy Act (2006) #IANAL

  16. Baofeng radios are often seen for sale in the UK, being sold as "legal PMR" becase they can be programmed to operate on PMR 446 channels. The reality is BF-888S radios are NOT UK legal for PMR 446. They fail on a number of legal criteria (and under technical testing they're just a sloppy product). Detachable antenna is illegal. Directly programmable, they have access to frequencies and channel separations well outside legal specifications.

    Applicable law: Wireless Telegraphy Act (2006) #IANAL

  17. Baofeng radios are often seen for sale in the UK, being sold as "legal PMR" becase they can be programmed to operate on PMR 446 channels. The reality is BF-888S radios are NOT UK legal for PMR 446. They fail on a number of legal criteria (and under technical testing they're just a sloppy product). Detachable antenna is illegal. Directly programmable, they have access to frequencies and channel separations well outside legal specifications.

    Applicable law: Wireless Telegraphy Act (2006) #IANAL

  18. Baofeng radios are often seen for sale in the UK, being sold as "legal PMR" becase they can be programmed to operate on PMR 446 channels. The reality is BF-888S radios are NOT UK legal for PMR 446. They fail on a number of legal criteria (and under technical testing they're just a sloppy product). Detachable antenna is illegal. Directly programmable, they have access to frequencies and channel separations well outside legal specifications.

    Applicable law: Wireless Telegraphy Act (2006) #IANAL

  19. @onekind I’d thought a win on indirect discrimination may have been preferable as that meant it reinforces the law towards protecting gender identity, that a finding on direct discrimination is a weaker precedent in the long term. But #IANAL, care to #ELI5?

  20. @onekind I’d thought a win on indirect discrimination may have been preferable as that meant it reinforces the law towards protecting gender identity, that a finding on direct discrimination is a weaker precedent in the long term. But #IANAL, care to #ELI5?

  21. @onekind I’d thought a win on indirect discrimination may have been preferable as that meant it reinforces the law towards protecting gender identity, that a finding on direct discrimination is a weaker precedent in the long term. But #IANAL, care to #ELI5?

  22. @onekind I’d thought a win on indirect discrimination may have been preferable as that meant it reinforces the law towards protecting gender identity, that a finding on direct discrimination is a weaker precedent in the long term. But #IANAL, care to #ELI5?

  23. @onekind I’d thought a win on indirect discrimination may have been preferable as that meant it reinforces the law towards protecting gender identity, that a finding on direct discrimination is a weaker precedent in the long term. But #IANAL, care to #ELI5?

  24. My initial reaction was that I'm not convinced that this is going to happen. At least in German law (§§ 631 ff. BGB), fixed-price contracts are extremely inflexible, carry strict liability for defects (irrespective of fault even!) and therefore is typically very expensive (risk premium).

    Especially the inflexibility is something I'm pretty sure clients won’t like at all, -especially- in the age of AI, where you can just “churn out stuff”.

    2/x #freelancer #ai #IANAL

  25. My initial reaction was that I'm not convinced that this is going to happen. At least in German law (§§ 631 ff. BGB), fixed-price contracts are extremely inflexible, carry strict liability for defects (irrespective of fault even!) and therefore is typically very expensive (risk premium).

    Especially the inflexibility is something I'm pretty sure clients won’t like at all, -especially- in the age of AI, where you can just “churn out stuff”.

    2/x #freelancer #ai #IANAL

  26. My initial reaction was that I'm not convinced that this is going to happen. At least in German law (§§ 631 ff. BGB), fixed-price contracts are extremely inflexible, carry strict liability for defects (irrespective of fault even!) and therefore is typically very expensive (risk premium).

    Especially the inflexibility is something I'm pretty sure clients won’t like at all, -especially- in the age of AI, where you can just “churn out stuff”.

    2/x #freelancer #ai #IANAL

  27. My initial reaction was that I'm not convinced that this is going to happen. At least in German law (§§ 631 ff. BGB), fixed-price contracts are extremely inflexible, carry strict liability for defects (irrespective of fault even!) and therefore is typically very expensive (risk premium).

    Especially the inflexibility is something I'm pretty sure clients won’t like at all, -especially- in the age of AI, where you can just “churn out stuff”.

    2/x #freelancer #ai #IANAL

  28. My initial reaction was that I'm not convinced that this is going to happen. At least in German law (§§ 631 ff. BGB), fixed-price contracts are extremely inflexible, carry strict liability for defects (irrespective of fault even!) and therefore is typically very expensive (risk premium).

    Especially the inflexibility is something I'm pretty sure clients won’t like at all, -especially- in the age of AI, where you can just “churn out stuff”.

    2/x #freelancer #ai #IANAL

  29. CW: Too boring for words.

    I am drafting a "rules of association". It is partly an exercise, and partly an guess at of something that may become real.

    Starting with the standard rules for an "unincorporated association": (acnc.gov.au/sites/default/file)

    But I am tired of organisations infiltrated by arseholes, and I wonder if it is possible to put standards of behaviour front and centre.
    I am inspired by Mastodon's "No Nazis", but I am not sure it is either specific, nor general enough.

    Please help. Does your group have something-like this? What have I missed, and, in the interests of sanity, what has been double-defined?

    ---
    17. Membership hurdles.
    17.1 The association insists on the following psychological characteristics and standards of behaviour from all members.
    17.2 No member will be accepted, and existing members will be expelled if they fail any of these hurdles.
    17.3 The psychological characteristics. Members must not be:
    i. psychopaths,
    ii. sociopaths,
    iii. narcissists,
    iv. liars,
    v. egomaniacs.
    17.4 The standards of behaviour. Members must never indulge in :
    i. crime,
    ii. racism,
    iii. misogyny,
    iv. criticism of person,
    v. aggression, threats, shaming,
    vi. coercive control,
    vii.prejudice, bigotry.
    17.5 The association explicitly rejects the notion that a person’s ability can replace or diminish their need to clear these hurdles. The most able and talented member will be expelled if they fail.

    #rules #DarkTriad #constitution #legalese #IANAL #arseholes #governance

  30. CW: Too boring for words.

    I am drafting a "rules of association". It is partly an exercise, and partly an guess at of something that may become real.

    Starting with the standard rules for an "unincorporated association": (acnc.gov.au/sites/default/file)

    But I am tired of organisations infiltrated by arseholes, and I wonder if it is possible to put standards of behaviour front and centre.
    I am inspired by Mastodon's "No Nazis", but I am not sure it is either specific, nor general enough.

    Please help. Does your group have something-like this? What have I missed, and, in the interests of sanity, what has been double-defined?

    ---
    17. Membership hurdles.
    17.1 The association insists on the following psychological characteristics and standards of behaviour from all members.
    17.2 No member will be accepted, and existing members will be expelled if they fail any of these hurdles.
    17.3 The psychological characteristics. Members must not be:
    i. psychopaths,
    ii. sociopaths,
    iii. narcissists,
    iv. liars,
    v. egomaniacs.
    17.4 The standards of behaviour. Members must never indulge in :
    i. crime,
    ii. racism,
    iii. misogyny,
    iv. criticism of person,
    v. aggression, threats, shaming,
    vi. coercive control,
    vii.prejudice, bigotry.
    17.5 The association explicitly rejects the notion that a person’s ability can replace or diminish their need to clear these hurdles. The most able and talented member will be expelled if they fail.

    #rules #DarkTriad #constitution #legalese #IANAL #arseholes #governance

  31. CW: Too boring for words.

    I am drafting a "rules of association". It is partly an exercise, and partly an guess at of something that may become real.

    Starting with the standard rules for an "unincorporated association": (acnc.gov.au/sites/default/file)

    But I am tired of organisations infiltrated by arseholes, and I wonder if it is possible to put standards of behaviour front and centre.
    I am inspired by Mastodon's "No Nazis", but I am not sure it is either specific, nor general enough.

    Please help. Does your group have something-like this? What have I missed, and, in the interests of sanity, what has been double-defined?

    ---
    17. Membership hurdles.
    17.1 The association insists on the following psychological characteristics and standards of behaviour from all members.
    17.2 No member will be accepted, and existing members will be expelled if they fail any of these hurdles.
    17.3 The psychological characteristics. Members must not be:
    i. psychopaths,
    ii. sociopaths,
    iii. narcissists,
    iv. liars,
    v. egomaniacs.
    17.4 The standards of behaviour. Members must never indulge in :
    i. crime,
    ii. racism,
    iii. misogyny,
    iv. criticism of person,
    v. aggression, threats, shaming,
    vi. coercive control,
    vii.prejudice, bigotry.
    17.5 The association explicitly rejects the notion that a person’s ability can replace or diminish their need to clear these hurdles. The most able and talented member will be expelled if they fail.

    #rules #DarkTriad #constitution #legalese #IANAL #arseholes #governance

  32. CW: Too boring for words.

    I am drafting a "rules of association". It is partly an exercise, and partly an guess at of something that may become real.

    Starting with the standard rules for an "unincorporated association": (acnc.gov.au/sites/default/file)

    But I am tired of organisations infiltrated by arseholes, and I wonder if it is possible to put standards of behaviour front and centre.
    I am inspired by Mastodon's "No Nazis", but I am not sure it is either specific, nor general enough.

    Please help. Does your group have something-like this? What have I missed, and, in the interests of sanity, what has been double-defined?

    ---
    17. Membership hurdles.
    17.1 The association insists on the following psychological characteristics and standards of behaviour from all members.
    17.2 No member will be accepted, and existing members will be expelled if they fail any of these hurdles.
    17.3 The psychological characteristics. Members must not be:
    i. psychopaths,
    ii. sociopaths,
    iii. narcissists,
    iv. liars,
    v. egomaniacs.
    17.4 The standards of behaviour. Members must never indulge in :
    i. crime,
    ii. racism,
    iii. misogyny,
    iv. criticism of person,
    v. aggression, threats, shaming,
    vi. coercive control,
    vii.prejudice, bigotry.
    17.5 The association explicitly rejects the notion that a person’s ability can replace or diminish their need to clear these hurdles. The most able and talented member will be expelled if they fail.

    #rules #DarkTriad #constitution #legalese #IANAL #arseholes #governance

  33. CW: Too boring for words.

    I am drafting a "rules of association". It is partly an exercise, and partly an guess at of something that may become real.

    Starting with the standard rules for an "unincorporated association": (acnc.gov.au/sites/default/file)

    But I am tired of organisations infiltrated by arseholes, and I wonder if it is possible to put standards of behaviour front and centre.
    I am inspired by Mastodon's "No Nazis", but I am not sure it is either specific, nor general enough.

    Please help. Does your group have something-like this? What have I missed, and, in the interests of sanity, what has been double-defined?

    ---
    17. Membership hurdles.
    17.1 The association insists on the following psychological characteristics and standards of behaviour from all members.
    17.2 No member will be accepted, and existing members will be expelled if they fail any of these hurdles.
    17.3 The psychological characteristics. Members must not be:
    i. psychopaths,
    ii. sociopaths,
    iii. narcissists,
    iv. liars,
    v. egomaniacs.
    17.4 The standards of behaviour. Members must never indulge in :
    i. crime,
    ii. racism,
    iii. misogyny,
    iv. criticism of person,
    v. aggression, threats, shaming,
    vi. coercive control,
    vii.prejudice, bigotry.
    17.5 The association explicitly rejects the notion that a person’s ability can replace or diminish their need to clear these hurdles. The most able and talented member will be expelled if they fail.

    #rules #DarkTriad #constitution #legalese #IANAL #arseholes #governance

  34. @aproposnix @echo_pbreyer @[email protected] @fsfe People used the site links to report to #EU, yes. They got back a template answer that points to #DMA Article 6 (4) saying that Google would be allowed to take "necessary and proportionate measures". Yet you should remind them that Preamble 50 paragraph 5 clearly states that "The gatekeeper should be prevented from implementing such measures as a default setting or as pre-installation."' which is exactly what they intend to do from September. #IANAL

  35. @aproposnix @echo_pbreyer @[email protected] @fsfe People used the site links to report to #EU, yes. They got back a template answer that points to #DMA Article 6 (4) saying that Google would be allowed to take "necessary and proportionate measures". Yet you should remind them that Preamble 50 paragraph 5 clearly states that "The gatekeeper should be prevented from implementing such measures as a default setting or as pre-installation."' which is exactly what they intend to do from September. #IANAL

  36. @aproposnix @echo_pbreyer @[email protected] @fsfe People used the site links to report to #EU, yes. They got back a template answer that points to #DMA Article 6 (4) saying that Google would be allowed to take "necessary and proportionate measures". Yet you should remind them that Preamble 50 paragraph 5 clearly states that "The gatekeeper should be prevented from implementing such measures as a default setting or as pre-installation."' which is exactly what they intend to do from September. #IANAL

  37. @aproposnix @echo_pbreyer @[email protected] @fsfe People used the site links to report to #EU, yes. They got back a template answer that points to #DMA Article 6 (4) saying that Google would be allowed to take "necessary and proportionate measures". Yet you should remind them that Preamble 50 paragraph 5 clearly states that "The gatekeeper should be prevented from implementing such measures as a default setting or as pre-installation."' which is exactly what they intend to do from September. #IANAL

  38. @aproposnix @echo_pbreyer @[email protected] @fsfe People used the site links to report to #EU, yes. They got back a template answer that points to #DMA Article 6 (4) saying that Google would be allowed to take "necessary and proportionate measures". Yet you should remind them that Preamble 50 paragraph 5 clearly states that "The gatekeeper should be prevented from implementing such measures as a default setting or as pre-installation."' which is exactly what they intend to do from September. #IANAL

  39. CW: financial planning

    @monkeyborg No, not generally, not in North Carolina. There are some tricks, but you can usually keep your vehicle & house. But it's always possible the laws have changed since I last looked, & anyway, #IANAL .

  40. CW: financial planning

    @monkeyborg No, not generally, not in North Carolina. There are some tricks, but you can usually keep your vehicle & house. But it's always possible the laws have changed since I last looked, & anyway, #IANAL .

  41. CW: financial planning

    @monkeyborg No, not generally, not in North Carolina. There are some tricks, but you can usually keep your vehicle & house. But it's always possible the laws have changed since I last looked, & anyway, #IANAL .

  42. CW: financial planning

    @monkeyborg No, not generally, not in North Carolina. There are some tricks, but you can usually keep your vehicle & house. But it's always possible the laws have changed since I last looked, & anyway, #IANAL .

  43. CW: financial planning

    @monkeyborg No, not generally, not in North Carolina. There are some tricks, but you can usually keep your vehicle & house. But it's always possible the laws have changed since I last looked, & anyway, #IANAL .

  44. What they should've done is to separate the MIT, which only covers the source code, and their "Personal License" that governs the compiled product or software. The compiled release is for Personal use only. But the source code is MIT. #IANAL #TINLA

  45. #WASM / #WASI based #plugin architectures vs #AGPL?

    I assume this is valid, but #IANAL and unsure if it is indeed the case:

    - If the core system is AGPL-licensed and integrates a Wasm WASI runtime.
    - Then 3rd-party WASI Components can have different licenses.
    - Esp. when they are downloaded and installed at run-time.

    OTOH perhaps not.. and it depends on who designed the #WIT #RPC interface, and what its #license is.

    #Socialcoding topic (2024, all fedi links rotted)..

    discuss.coding.social/t/sx-lic

  46. #WASM / #WASI based #plugin architectures vs #AGPL?

    I assume this is valid, but #IANAL and unsure if it is indeed the case:

    - If the core system is AGPL-licensed and integrates a Wasm WASI runtime.
    - Then 3rd-party WASI Components can have different licenses.
    - Esp. when they are downloaded and installed at run-time.

    OTOH perhaps not.. and it depends on who designed the #WIT #RPC interface, and what its #license is.

    #Socialcoding topic (2024, all fedi links rotted)..

    discuss.coding.social/t/sx-lic

  47. #WASM / #WASI based #plugin architectures vs #AGPL?

    I assume this is valid, but #IANAL and unsure if it is indeed the case:

    - If the core system is AGPL-licensed and integrates a Wasm WASI runtime.
    - Then 3rd-party WASI Components can have different licenses.
    - Esp. when they are downloaded and installed at run-time.

    OTOH perhaps not.. and it depends on who designed the #WIT #RPC interface, and what its #license is.

    #Socialcoding topic (2024, all fedi links rotted)..

    discuss.coding.social/t/sx-lic

  48. #WASM / #WASI based #plugin architectures vs #AGPL?

    I assume this is valid, but #IANAL and unsure if it is indeed the case:

    - If the core system is AGPL-licensed and integrates a Wasm WASI runtime.
    - Then 3rd-party WASI Components can have different licenses.
    - Esp. when they are downloaded and installed at run-time.

    OTOH perhaps not.. and it depends on who designed the #WIT #RPC interface, and what its #license is.

    #Socialcoding topic (2024, all fedi links rotted)..

    discuss.coding.social/t/sx-lic