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[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 58 points 5 months ago (4 children)

Just writing words doesn't make it legally binding. Anyone who reads this comment owes me $1,000,000 USD.

[–] ogeist@lemmy.world 41 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

Oh shit, what's your PayPal?

Anyone who reads this comment owes me $1,000,000 USD and a kiss

[–] oessessnex@programming.dev 21 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I don't have 2 mil, how do I get out of this? File for bankruptcy?

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 22 points 5 months ago (1 children)

on a technicality, debts like this are not legally dischargable through bankruptcy

[–] refurbishedrefurbisher@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Ah, the student loan loophole

[–] Speculater@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What's the opposite of a loophole? That's what student loans are.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 5 months ago

a legal dick jammed up your hole

[–] narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee 9 points 5 months ago

I don't have the money, can I kiss you twice instead?

[–] morrowind@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 months ago

If anyone I owe money to reads this, the debt is reversed.

I'll take the kiss though

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Ofcourse its legally binding. If you include a license text with your own code on a platform that doesnt have a clause to license your code under different terms, then that license is legally valid.

But writing the license yourself without making sure that it doesnt allow for any legal loopholes is a bad idea.

[–] MartianSands@sh.itjust.works 4 points 5 months ago

You declaring a debt isn't meaningful because you don't have legal authority to do so.

A licence statement is describing in what way you're granting permission for something you do have the right to control, which makes it meaningful

[–] bitfucker@programming.dev 1 points 5 months ago

What the fuck are you talking about? Do you think the license being used is not legally binding? What constitutes as legally binding to you?