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> Why are legal documents recorded in a format that requires expensive software to access? Because the cost of the software is trivial compared to the cost of
by ska 7y ago
> Why are legal documents recorded in a format that requires expensive software to access?
Because the cost of the software is trivial compared to the cost of incompatibility or friction in communication.
- CivBase 7y agoNot for the citizens who just want to read the laws they're expected to follow.
- ska 7y agoWhose final form is probably PDF anyway. Even if it were .docx, there are lots of free softwares that can read or translate those. So your real problem here is with the access to said laws, which is not a software problem.