New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: Is there a “law/legal” bootcamp for developers?
Ask HN: Is there a “law/legal” bootcamp for developers?
4 by sandwichbop | 1 comments on Hacker News.
"Ignorance of the law is no excuse” How can you learn about law and legal to work confidently as a developer? Where do you learn what you need to do due diligence for your projects? I'm not a lawyer, and it's hurting my confidence to create projects as a solo developer. With licenses, privacy policies, terms of service, managing user data, compliance, etc; the biggest roadblock to all my projects has been thinking about the legal aspects. Most of the material online worsen my confidence when everything is wrapped around IANAL or "this is not legal advice." Anecdotally, it seems that most projects with small teams don't even bother and just "deploy now, worry later", like copy pasting some privacy policy from a generator without reviewing it themselves. If you're already established, it make sense to just have some dedicated in-house legal department but what about when you're starting out? A solution seems to have some dedicate lawyer you can consult, but I'm under the impression that unless you have some friend who's a lawyer, the hourly fees are already more than server costs, killing motivation to even bother bootstrapping innovative ideas. Is there a way to learn how to do legal basics yourself besides going to law school for X years?
4 by sandwichbop | 1 comments on Hacker News.
"Ignorance of the law is no excuse” How can you learn about law and legal to work confidently as a developer? Where do you learn what you need to do due diligence for your projects? I'm not a lawyer, and it's hurting my confidence to create projects as a solo developer. With licenses, privacy policies, terms of service, managing user data, compliance, etc; the biggest roadblock to all my projects has been thinking about the legal aspects. Most of the material online worsen my confidence when everything is wrapped around IANAL or "this is not legal advice." Anecdotally, it seems that most projects with small teams don't even bother and just "deploy now, worry later", like copy pasting some privacy policy from a generator without reviewing it themselves. If you're already established, it make sense to just have some dedicated in-house legal department but what about when you're starting out? A solution seems to have some dedicate lawyer you can consult, but I'm under the impression that unless you have some friend who's a lawyer, the hourly fees are already more than server costs, killing motivation to even bother bootstrapping innovative ideas. Is there a way to learn how to do legal basics yourself besides going to law school for X years?
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