Thursday, December 6, 2012

HBL-A0066 - Availability of Owned Goods

be it resolved that...

any commercial entity must make all of its products available for sale. this prevents items from being "just too much trouble". if someone is willing to pay the price they must be able to get the item or download the soundtrack, etc.

this prevents companies from saying "we just don't do that" when they easily enough could and that's what people want. even if they have to refocus their entire company for a short time, as long as someone is willing to pay what they require to do the job (and it must be a reasonable price, not one designed to prevent having to do it at all) then they can always refocus the company back to where it was afterward, and it will never be too far from their core focus anyway.

HBL-A0065 - Inappropriately Bundled Software

be it resolved that

software may not be bundled with other software unless the user is explicitly told that they are getting a package before they make the choice.

this means that there can be no "would you like to install X" when installing another program.

HBL-A0064 - Accurate Status Messages

be it resolved that

all status messages (such in programs - loading, buffering, etc) must accurately reflect the actual state of the program.

HBL-A0063 - Ownership of Medical Information

be it resolved that...

your medical records, including all raw data, are your non-assignable property. you may allow access but may not transfer ownership. this ownership is vested in your personhood, it is not a typical property right.