This is not a 'real' law, searching for it turns up this article and this HN posting of it. Or rather it's one known in a small circle--I assume referring to Gunnar Hellekson (Red Hat).
In any case, it's an interesting idea:
> [...] Hellekson’s Law, which states that more specific policy can be improved for the general case by removing delimiters that narrow the policy scope.
In any case, it's an interesting idea:
> [...] Hellekson’s Law, which states that more specific policy can be improved for the general case by removing delimiters that narrow the policy scope.