CfP for the #FOSDEM #Legal and #Policy devroom is out. The DevRoom invites hackers, developers, contributors,
lawyers, and decision-makers alike to share their knowledge with the community. Deadline is 7 December:

https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2025q4/003703.html

(Transparency: I am one of the organisers together with @karen @tmarble @bkuhn @richardfontana @lexelas )

CfP for the #FOSDEM #Legal and #Policy devroom is out. The DevRoom invites hackers, developers, contributors,
lawyers, and decision-makers alike to share their knowledge with the community. Deadline is 7 December:

https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2025q4/003703.html

(Transparency: I am one of the organisers together with @karen @tmarble @bkuhn @richardfontana @lexelas )

hi all, I got a legal question.

The GPL is a copyleft license, which may be very important in the coming years to fight the grab an run. We have to protect ourselves from malicious coders.

The AGPL adds clauses that do this for server code, where the code generated website content and the code is not shared.

Who can point me to a legal write up of GPL versus AGPL for code that runs in the browser, like client-side JavaScript and webasm?

#openscience #legal #license

hi all, I got a legal question.

The GPL is a copyleft license, which may be very important in the coming years to fight the grab an run. We have to protect ourselves from malicious coders.

The AGPL adds clauses that do this for server code, where the code generated website content and the code is not shared.

Who can point me to a legal write up of GPL versus AGPL for code that runs in the browser, like client-side JavaScript and webasm?

#openscience #legal #license

ChatGPT terms disallow its use in providing legal and medical advice to others

https://www.ctvnews.ca/sci-tech/article/openai-updates-policies-so-chatgpt-wont-provide-medical-or-legal-advice/

#HackerNews #ChatGPT #Legal #Restrictions #OpenAI #Policies #Medical #Advice #AI #Ethics

Researcher Lindsey Olson has filed a lawsuit against several lawyers who she alleges used her expert witness report without a license.

https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2025/11/05/lawyers-sued-over-pirated-expert-report/

#Copyright #ExpertWitness #legal

It's at least the 15th such strike carried out by the #US #military in the #Caribbean or eastern #Pacific since early September.

…The US military has now killed at least 64 people in the strikes.

#Trump has justified the attacks as a necessary escalation to stem the flow of drugs into the US. He has asserted the US is engaged in an "armed conflict" with drug cartels, relying on the same #legal authority used by the Bush admin when it declared a war on terrorism after the Sept 11, 2001 attacks.

> Shake Shack wants you to shit yourself to death
https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/27/shit-shack/#binding-arbitration by @pluralistic

Not just Shake Shack. This is on the trend of companies, including #FastFood, to force app users into arbitration if shit happens, depriving you of your rights to seek redress in courts. It is #corruption and #fuckery pure and simple.

#legal #tech #restaurants #app

> Shake Shack wants you to shit yourself to death
https://pluralistic.net/2025/10/27/shit-shack/#binding-arbitration by @pluralistic

Not just Shake Shack. This is on the trend of companies, including #FastFood, to force app users into arbitration if shit happens, depriving you of your rights to seek redress in courts. It is #corruption and #fuckery pure and simple.

#legal #tech #restaurants #app

🇺🇸 ⚖️ **Federal judge in Mississippi admits staff used AI to draft inaccurate order**

"_Wingate acknowledged that his law clerk used an AI program to compose an order that paused the enforcement of a state law that bans diversity, equity and inclusion programs in Mississippi public schools._"

🔗 https://apnews.com/article/robert-conrad-chuck-grassley-artificial-intelligence-henry-t-wingate-mississippi-b2dca153ae6521f5246b0d3170e1962a.

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Tech #Legal #Mississippi

🇺🇸 ⚖️ **Federal judge in Mississippi admits staff used AI to draft inaccurate order**

"_Wingate acknowledged that his law clerk used an AI program to compose an order that paused the enforcement of a state law that bans diversity, equity and inclusion programs in Mississippi public schools._"

🔗 https://apnews.com/article/robert-conrad-chuck-grassley-artificial-intelligence-henry-t-wingate-mississippi-b2dca153ae6521f5246b0d3170e1962a.

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Technology #Tech #Legal #Mississippi

#NYAG #LetitiaJames pleaded not guilty on Friday to federal charges accusing her of lying on mortgage papers to secure favorable loan terms in a case pushed by #Trump.

James’ first court appearance in Virginia sets the stage for a high-stakes #legal battle between the Republican admin & a Democratic longtime Trump adversary who angered him with a major civil fraud case she [as the state attorney general] brought against him.

#law #Retribution #WeaponizationOfGovernment
https://apnews.com/article/letitia-james-justice-department-trump-pam-bondi-3da6cd432be74bab32b2ecbfb2e2b451?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2025-10-24-Breaking+News

It was the 9th known attack by #US Special Operations forces since the operation began in early September, bringing the officially acknowledged death toll to 37. The consecutive strikes in the #Pacific mark an expansion of the campaign, which started in the #Caribbean, & highlights how the effort has evolved into a wider #military operation even as #legal experts & lawmakers on Capitol Hill question the legal basis & strategic purpose.

#law #Trump #murder #AbuseOfPower #WarPowers #Congress #war

Appeals Court Lifts Block on #Trump’s #Oregon Troop Deployment

Deployment can move forward, for now, under a preliminary ruling by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. But #legal wrangling will likely continue.

#law #Portland #PosseComitatusAct #NationalGuard
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/us/appeals-court-national-guard-troops-portland-trump.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

CNBC: U.S. Supreme Court allows order forcing Google to make app store reforms. “The justices turned down Google’s request to temporarily freeze parts of the injunction won by Epic in its lawsuit accusing the tech giant of monopolizing how consumers access apps on Android devices and pay for transactions within apps.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/08/cnbc-u-s-supreme-court-allows-order-forcing-google-to-make-app-store-reforms/

CNBC: U.S. Supreme Court allows order forcing Google to make app store reforms. “The justices turned down Google’s request to temporarily freeze parts of the injunction won by Epic in its lawsuit accusing the tech giant of monopolizing how consumers access apps on Android devices and pay for transactions within apps.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/08/cnbc-u-s-supreme-court-allows-order-forcing-google-to-make-app-store-reforms/