alt.hn

7/29/2026 at 6:30:21 PM

Axiom Foundation launches to publish law as open, verifiable code

https://axiom.org

by axbac

7/29/2026 at 9:46:04 PM

Interesting but there are many laws worldwide that are ambiguous or subjective, hence the reason why lawyers exist.

by alightsoul

7/29/2026 at 7:06:36 PM

People might not know that, since it’s mostly in French, but France has somthing similar as open source for their tax system:

https://github.com/openfisca/openfisca-france/

by niemandhier

7/29/2026 at 7:43:31 PM

Nice, the french also are at the frontier of law-computing i'd say see Catala Lang [1]

1. https://catala-lang.org/

by tough

7/29/2026 at 7:09:16 PM

It's so simple. Only a fool would pick the cup given to him. Now with stderr.

by effnorwood

7/29/2026 at 7:42:34 PM

> Encoded > One source of truth

Oh dear. The one source of truth is the statute.

by chrisjj

7/29/2026 at 8:47:00 PM

The act, really; the codified statutory law is an artifact built on top of the various acts passed into law.

by singleshot_

7/29/2026 at 9:10:27 PM

Good point. Thanks.

by chrisjj