Yes, I know it’s a Verge link, but I found the explanation of the legal failings quite funny, and I think it’s “important” we keep track of which obscenely rich people are mad at each other so we can choose which of their kingdoms to be serfs in.

    • @cobra89@beehaw.org
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      69 months ago

      Did you read the sentence directly after? They never claimed that non-written contracts don’t exist, they said they are very hard to uphold in court, which is perfectly true:

      proving that an unwritten contract exists, what its terms are, and if they are enforceable is extraordinarily difficult, and courts do not like doing it, especially for ultra-sophisticated parties with a long history of dealing.

      • @tyler@programming.dev
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        09 months ago

        Saying “they need to be written down” and then immediately negating that point is absolutely terrible writing. And even a casual contract, like OpenAI’s where they literally have stated in writing for years what their “contract” is, would not be hard to understand.

        Musk is a moron and this is clearly a ploy to gain some sort of control over OpenAI, but OpenAI is breaking what they said their goal was. I know that doesn’t mean there’s a contract there, but it has been written down numerous times what he’s claiming “the contract” is.

        • @sc_griffith
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          Most importantly, contracts need to be written down — proving that an unwritten contract exists, what its terms are, and if they are enforceable is extraordinarily difficult, and courts do not like doing it, especially for ultra-sophisticated parties with a long history of dealing.

          this isn’t negating the point, it’s explaining the point: they need to be written down, here’s why. it’s like saying someone needs to train for a marathon to run one, because otherwise it will be very hard to avoid muscle damage. there’s no logical necessity but it makes sense as a practical claim

        • @Soyweiser
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          69 months ago

          brb suing google because they had the ‘Don’t be evil’ motto.