Yeah, it sounds great, but it's too optimistic, IMHO. The problem is there's no reason lawyers who are opposed to open source--or, for that matter, who work for tobacco companies, asbestos companies, anti-environmental or anti-labor corporations--wouldn't want to team up (secretly, of course), and chat with other evil lawyers about how to flout those annoying little Clean Air, Clean Water & Civil Rights acts they don't like. Then again, they probably do this already. Of course, they & their supporters might innundate the OpenLaw site (arena?) to spread legal advice they know to be incorrect, plant legal traps, etc. Maybe I'm being too pessimistic...
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Yeah, it sounds great, but it's too optimistic, IMHO. The problem is there's no reason lawyers who are opposed to open source--or, for that matter, who work for tobacco companies, asbestos companies, anti-environmental or anti-labor corporations--wouldn't want to team up (secretly, of course), and chat with other evil lawyers about how to flout those annoying little Clean Air, Clean Water & Civil Rights acts they don't like. Then again, they probably do this already. Of course, they & their supporters might innundate the OpenLaw site (arena?) to spread legal advice they know to be incorrect, plant legal traps, etc. Maybe I'm being too pessimistic...