[pp.int.general] Request for Information
Mikko Särelä
msarela at cc.hut.fi
Fri Mar 5 03:35:10 CET 2010
On Thu, 4 Mar 2010, Richard Stallman wrote:
> I think "information law" is a good term. It doesn't imply that these
> various laws are similar, only that they all affect use of information.
I would rather put it the other way around: Laws on information or law
regarding information.
In legal speak, if you put a word followed by the word 'law' people may
assume there is some specific law that the term refers to. It is useful to
point out that we are speaking a variety of laws.
--
Mikko Särelä
"It is through exchange that difference becomes a blessing, not a
curse", Jonathan Sacks, Chief Rabbi of Great Britain
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