I don't know an incredible deal about law or anything but I was under the impression that the law was that: jailbreaking = legal, as opposed to not jailbreaking

I don't know an incredible deal about law or anything but I was under the impression that the law was that: jailbreaking = legal, as opposed to not jailbreaking = illegal. Unfortunately I am not as good with analogies as others are on here. I think polymatter's comment summed it up the best.