Colleagues: Our community is interested in three different things, and I feel we need to do a better job of separating them, because different folks have different situations.
Rules: we are not all US Hams. Some are not US and some are not Hams. the rules and regulations differ by jurisdiction and depend on both the hardware you are using and the licences you hold. It may (or may not) be useful to comment on the rules, but when you do, please make sure you mention which jurisdiction, licence, and hardware.
Radio capabilities: Each radio has its own hardware capabilities. Some of these capabilities interact with the rules in some jurisdictions, and sometimes rules change. There is no reason we cannot discuss hardware capabilities independently of the rules, since those capabilities are still usable in some jurisdictions and/or to some users under some circumstances.
CHIRP capabilities: Hey, this is the CHIRP user group! We can and should discuss any CHIRP capabilities that may be usable by some CHIRP users in some situations. It is the responsibility of each user to understand the governing rules. It is not the responsibility of the CHIRP software or the CHIRP user community to attempt to enforce these rules, especially since the rules you are trying to enforce may not be applicable to the users you are addressing. A brief sentence to note that a particular capability may violate a rule in a particular situation may be acceptable if it becomes obvious that the user might need the reminder.
(Thanks for your attention. I will get down off of my soapbox now.)