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Some people think that a short and simple license keeps lawyers away. It's the very opposite. There's a good reason why GPL and contracts for renting an apartm
by goodpoint 5y ago
Some people think that a short and simple license keeps lawyers away. It's the very opposite.
There's a good reason why GPL and contracts for renting an apartment, buying a car etc are so long: it's to reduce ambiguity.
- eyelidlessness 5y agoFor the GPL, this makes sense. In rental contracts this can be incredibly annoying. I’m one of those people who reads them from start to finish, and very frequently I have to have them amended because they’re obviously either: - reused from previous rental terms, incorrectly restating basic local laws which have since been revised - downloaded from some website, with terms which are obviously illegal locally These contracts just introduce more ambiguity. They really should just reference the relevant legal codes. And at least in places with good protections for renters, that should maybe be mandated so the actual lease document is reduced to meaningful terms the renter needs to know.