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So... :IANYL: _I am not your laywer_
by polemic 10y ago
So... :IANYL:
_I am not your laywer_
- libertymcateer 10y agoYup. That's about it. I am going to start using that. Consider your IP stolen.
- geofft 10y agoI think I recall seeing "IAAL, IANYL, TINLA" with some frequency on Slashdot.
- OJFord 10y agoTINLA? Today I'm Not Lawyering Atall?
- geofft 10y agoThis Is Not Legal Advice. (See elsewhere in the thread for why lawyers can't offer "legal advice" to non-clients, even "legal advice that you should have someone else double-check")
- erikb 10y agoI have no law education. When I read IAAL it sounds to me as some professional is about to give me some advice. So I don't really get it why anyone would write that on the internets.
- lloeki 10y agoThis is how I read it: there is a difference between giving advice and stating facts/giving an opinion. IAAL informs that said opinion/fact has some weight but stating that it is not advice waives any liability as to what one ought to do with whatever statement has been made. Compare with the following: I am a software engineer, here's my take on this or that technical matter, but don't apply this sample snippet as is in production, also I'm waiving all responsibility, like MIT-license style. It's not that you shouldn't listen to random professional folks on the internet, it's that when they informally give some opinion on a matter, they may very well be missing some key part of your very specific context, and while common sense just would tell you not to take it as is and that you could hold them liable for anything, J. Random Bloke statistically lacks common sense so one has to spit proactive waiver statements telling people to act on their own responsibility or take advice in a proper, formal client-to-professional context.
- jawilson2 10y agoSEE YOU IN COURT!
- kibwen 10y agoBut first you must establish that you are a lawyer to begin with, so it's IAALBIANYL.
- LanceH 10y agoFirst we proove that a lawyer exists. Then we leave it to a grad student to find one. IAAM.
- EGreg 10y agoA lawyer exists only if you choose to believe the Axiom of Choice. It can be shown that ZF is consistent both with a lawyer existing and not existing.
- labster 10y agoWhat happens if we divide a lawyer in to a number of pieces, rotate and translate the pieces, and reassemble them? Has anyone ever tried it?