not_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-212 hours ago! Mastodon new ToS from July 1 has a binding Arbitration waiver* !!rlemmy.blahaj.zoneimagemessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1351arrow-down115file-text
arrow-up1336arrow-down1image! Mastodon new ToS from July 1 has a binding Arbitration waiver* !!rlemmy.blahaj.zonenot_IO@lemmy.blahaj.zone to Fediverse@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-212 hours agomessage-square55fedilinkfile-text
post: https://polymaths.social/@rl_dane/statuses/01JY2NBJEASW1E21NFJ0NZ3GDC github discussion: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/35086
minus-squareViatorOmnium@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·11 hours agoEFF’s lawyers don’t have the legal expertise to help a company based in Germany.
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 hours agoWhat, EFF doesn’t know any German lawyers? I’d imagine they know a few. They have been around for three and a half decades.
minus-squareneclimdul@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·10 hours agoWith the local law, probably not. With the translating the concerns of open communities like the fediverse and FLOSS into legal terms, most definitely.
minus-squareViatorOmnium@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·9 hours agoThe same legal terms might mean vastly different things in Germany and the US. This is often the case in arbitration and warranty clauses.
minus-squareAstralPath@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·8 hours agoThat doesn’t negate the value of having them participate in the conversation though.
minus-squareandypiper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·9 hours agoPerhaps not, perhaps so, but we do have other folks offering support and we will do what we can to get to a better situation here.
EFF’s lawyers don’t have the legal expertise to help a company based in Germany.
What, EFF doesn’t know any German lawyers? I’d imagine they know a few. They have been around for three and a half decades.
With the local law, probably not. With the translating the concerns of open communities like the fediverse and FLOSS into legal terms, most definitely.
The same legal terms might mean vastly different things in Germany and the US. This is often the case in arbitration and warranty clauses.
That doesn’t negate the value of having them participate in the conversation though.
Perhaps not, perhaps so, but we do have other folks offering support and we will do what we can to get to a better situation here.