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It's also possible such a law (in the US) would violate the first amendment (being "compelled speech").
by zeroonetwothree 2y ago
It's also possible such a law (in the US) would violate the first amendment (being "compelled speech").
- f1refly 2y agoLaws are just made up by people, we can make up new ones if we want.
- tikhonj 2y agoI mean, there's a reasonable argument that large swathes of current copyright law in the US also violate the First Amendment. I haven't read it yet, but the book No Law from Stanford University Press[1] makes that argument and has been on my to-read list for a while. [1]: https://www.sup.org/books/law/no-law https://www.sup.org/books/law/no-law
- dns_snek 2y agoDo food nutrition labels violate the first amendment, being compelled speech?
- globular-toast 2y agoBut nobody is compelling anyone to write and release software. It's no different to requiring food to include a list of ingredients or products to include safety standards references etc.