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> It's simple. The police get a warrant, pursuant to local laws. They show up and arrest someone. OSS is decentralized. Everyone has source access. The police

by hgs3 3y ago

> It's simple. The police get a warrant, pursuant to local laws. They show up and arrest someone. OSS is decentralized. Everyone has source access. The police will have to arrest everyone, including themselves.

sidewndr46 3y ago
You seem to be acting deliberately ignorant. The police could in fact do that. But in reality a judge will write a warrant for either one individual or just a small group of individuals that a public prosecutor (I do not know the term in the EU) presents to the judge. The police will arrest only those people. "arrest everyone" is some bizarre fantasy that the legal system is both ineffective and stupid.
- hgs3 3y ago
  > You seem to be acting deliberately ignorant. That's not a charitable interpretation. Try re-reading what I've written from the perspective of someone pointing out logical flaws of a proposed law.
  - webstrand 3y ago
    > I don't understand how this law can apply to OSS period. That's what the commenter is responding to. Laws are clearly not applied logically, and while you may be able to make that argument in court, it's never clear that it will be accepted.
    - hgs3 3y ago
      > Laws are clearly not applied logically, and while you may be able to make that argument in court, it's never clear that it will be accepted. I don't disagree, but I'm not making a defense argument in a courtroom, I'm making a logical argument about a proposed law on a message board. I agree laws are not applied logically which is why they must be scrutinized logically before they become laws.
    - geysersam 3y ago
      > laws are not applied logically The logical conclusion of that is that we shouldn't have any laws... Except it's not true. Of course laws are not applied strictly accordingly to the laws of logic, nothing is, but there is a relatively high degree of logic and predictability in the legal system. That doesn't stop absurd rulings in some occasions. But from that concluding that "laws are not logical" is an overreaction.
kumi111 3y ago
ahah yeah, it's decentralized, everyone can, not obligated but can contribute. either they sue everyone (as i think it's more of economic damage) or people contribute anonymously.
__MatrixMan__ 3y ago
But in practice, they'll only arrest the people they dislike.

by hgs3 3y ago

sidewndr46 3y ago

You seem to be acting deliberately ignorant. The police could in fact do that. But in reality a judge will write a warrant for either one individual or just a small group of individuals that a public prosecutor (I do not know the term in the EU) presents to the judge. The police will arrest only those people. "arrest everyone" is some bizarre fantasy that the legal system is both ineffective and stupid.

hgs3 3y ago
> You seem to be acting deliberately ignorant. That's not a charitable interpretation. Try re-reading what I've written from the perspective of someone pointing out logical flaws of a proposed law.
- webstrand 3y ago
  > I don't understand how this law can apply to OSS period. That's what the commenter is responding to. Laws are clearly not applied logically, and while you may be able to make that argument in court, it's never clear that it will be accepted.
  - hgs3 3y ago
    > Laws are clearly not applied logically, and while you may be able to make that argument in court, it's never clear that it will be accepted. I don't disagree, but I'm not making a defense argument in a courtroom, I'm making a logical argument about a proposed law on a message board. I agree laws are not applied logically which is why they must be scrutinized logically before they become laws.
  - geysersam 3y ago
    > laws are not applied logically The logical conclusion of that is that we shouldn't have any laws... Except it's not true. Of course laws are not applied strictly accordingly to the laws of logic, nothing is, but there is a relatively high degree of logic and predictability in the legal system. That doesn't stop absurd rulings in some occasions. But from that concluding that "laws are not logical" is an overreaction.

kumi111 3y ago

ahah yeah, it's decentralized, everyone can, not obligated but can contribute. either they sue everyone (as i think it's more of economic damage) or people contribute anonymously.

__MatrixMan__ 3y ago

But in practice, they'll only arrest the people they dislike.