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<p>The argument against the goog is that they have a monopolies in
certain markets and are using those to extend in to others, I
doubt that you could make a case against third parties supporting
what then becomes the monopoly system, but who knows. <br>
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<p>I've actually legally been in that situation during the first
browser wars and there was never an indication that organisations
that signed contracts that were later ruled illegal would be
considered liable for that, in the end they didn't really have a
choice.</p>
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<p>SImon<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Am 11.08.2018 um 10:48 schrieb Andrew
Hain:<br>
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If they did sue, could Nomination, Osmand or OSM be liable if we
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<b>Sent:</b> 11 August 2018 09:43<br>
<b>To:</b> Blake Girardot<br>
<b>Cc:</b> OpenStreetMap<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [OSM-talk] Is it technically and legally
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Am 10.08.2018 um 23:25 schrieb Blake Girardot:<br>
> Is that not the reason OSM was started in the first
place? :)<br>
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It is slightly different in more than one way for a
monopoly owner to<br>
pre-emptively create and promote a free system to stop a
competitor<br>
from gaining a foothold in a potential new market (and the
goog is<br>
obviously spending a fair bit of small change on the whole
thing). I<br>
suspect suing the goog is plan b for the w3w investors if
they are not<br>
successful with the company as such. <br>
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