All: I have an OOo template that I'd like to put in one of the usual OOo repositories for templates. I'm perfectly willing to release it under the appropriate licence.
However, it also needs to include a notice that using it in certain circumstance will be viewed as a felony under US Law, with _no_ legally admissible defence. ( I am not a lawyer) [The warning is so that people do not "innocently" violate Federal, State, and Local statutes.] Questions: i) How do I reconcile the "requirement" for a warning with the licence. II) Or would it be totally inappropriate to include it in the general collection of templates? ************************************************ Some additional info/background It is a template for doing graphology profiles. The legal issue is when it used by HR departments for hiring/firing/promoting people. Most of the advocates of graphology claim that it is non-discriminatory, and the EEOC protected classes can not be determined from handwriting. Thus, they claim that it meets EEOC requirements. The EEOC itself hasn't issued a formal ruling. Nor has it is issued an official opinion. As such, it falls into the general class of tests that have to prove that they do discriminate against protected classes. The published research is somewhat mixed. Every published study on gender and handwriting have come back with the finding that it can be determined at statistically significant levels. [The majority of handwriting analysts claim that gender can not be determined from handwriting.] The published research on race and ethnicity is somewhat mixed. All of the studies were flawed, with the researchers presenting their conclusions based upon the ideology of the people that paid for the study. This is blatantly obvious just on looking at the data that is published alongside what they claim it indicates. Anecdotal evidence also supports the claim that for some population groups, ethnicity and race can be determined from handwriting. The published research on age and handwriting is "interesting" here. There is a cluster of data points that is called "adolescent female" simply because of its prevalence in females between 13 and 23.[Something like 999 out of 1 000 scripts that have these features, are written by that population group.] There is another cluster of data points that is mainly found in males over the age of sixty. [This cluster is neither as exclusive, nor as universal as "adolescent female".] Other published studies show subtle, but statistically detectable differences between youth (under 21) and old (60+) and 21-60. Published research on handwriting and religion is "mixed". Two studies. Both with major flaws. On the flipside, schools with religious affiliation teach copybooks that are not taught by public schools. These copybooks are easily recognized. The only studies on weight and handwriting, are for graphotherapy. There is anecdotal evidence that one's build can be determined from handwriting. There is also anecdotal evidence that one's weight can be determined from handwriting. [As in "light", "average", or "heavy"] Whether it can be correlated to BMI, or similar indices is unknown. For most of the rest of the EEOC/ADA protected classes, the published research is absent. The anecdotal evidence indicates that they can be determined from handwriting. EEOC/DA requirements also require that a test that used be valid, and reliable. The published research in the field tends to indicate that it is neither valid, nor reliable. The majority of professional graphologists make their money from employment profiling. A xan jonathon -- This is our sandbox and if we want to throw sand we can.
