Somewhat off-topic, but this thread is a perfect example of how much Hacker News would benefit from some legal expertise to match its technical expertise - alth

Somewhat off-topic, but this thread is a perfect example of how much Hacker News would benefit from some legal expertise to match its technical expertise - although usually the discussions that veer into law involve copyright or other IP, in this case as in those, it would be interesting and useful to get some kind of consensus, perhaps not definitively predicting the outcome of a court case, but definitively explaining what factors a court would take into account and the relevant standards, which I suspect would be easy for a lawyer with some relevant expertise to recall. Instead, this thread is full of short, conflicting opinions, with little to indicate who might be right. I am not sure there is any reason to believe this can be improved, but it's unfortunate for a forum that prides itself on high-level discussion.