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Not too long ago in computing history there was a fascinating confluence of hackers and lawyers who came together to co-examine their respective formalisms. It
by nonrandomstring 4y ago
Not too long ago in computing history there was a fascinating
confluence of hackers and lawyers who came together to co-examine
their respective formalisms. It was called Groklaw, run by an
energetic blogger named Pamela Jones [1]. For many years it served to
translate law into code and code into law, as well as being an
experiment in the "many-eyes" idea of picking through legal prose in a
participatory, public way.
Powerful interests did not like this. Jones eventually tired of
defending what can only be described as a first generation optimist's
understanding of the Internet as a tool for social good.
[1] possibly a nom de plume of several law and technology researchers
- whatshisface 4y agoPowerful interests?
- formerkrogemp 4y agoIt could sound like a conspiracy theory or it could be as simple as the copyright holder of a state's legal code abusing DMCA. Who knows?
- nonrandomstring 4y agoThe website [1] is actually still up, so you can read and make your own mind up. Alternatively there's a quite comprehensive Wikipedia entry [2]. What do you think happened? [1] http://groklaw.net/ http://groklaw.net/ [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groklaw https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groklaw