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Muhammad523 19 hours ago

Many legal documents use "may" to say you must. That's why i hate legalese...

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pixl97 18 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Hmm, that's annoying, I'd take may as "CAN"

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zdragnar 17 hours ago | parent [-]

"may only" and "may not", however, are unambiguously hard limits, which makes things even more confusing.

	▲	Throaway8797 16 hours ago \| parent [-]
		"may only" means your pleasure is limited only to what options the agreement allows, which is a polite way of saying can not.

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LoganDark 15 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Legal documents use "may" to allow for something. Usually it only needs to be allowed so that it can happen. So I read terms of service and privacy policies like all "may" is "will". "Your data may (will) be shared with (sold to) one or more of (all of) our data processing partners. You may (will) be asked (demanded) to provide identity verification, which may (will) include (but is not limited to) [everything on your passport]." And so on.

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dolebirchwood 17 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I don't know what terrible lawyers were hired to draft these "many" documents, but please share some examples.