[OSM-legal-talk] Houses of cards

[SteveC]

On 20 Feb 2008, at 20:23, Rob Myers wrote:

> Nesting answers here a bit.
>
> John Wilbanks wrote:
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>>
>>>> Quoting SteveC <steve at asklater.com>:
>>
>> Well I can tell you exactly what they do, their licenses are based on
>> the same three things that the ODL is. The Database Directive,
>> copyright and contract.
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>
> But I think that DB right won't apply outside of the EU, copyright  
> won't
> apply anywhere unless they are doing something interesting that we
> should find out about, and contract law is of more use for  
> corporations
> who can sue for damages than for community projects who can't restore
> copyleft even if they do sue.

THAT. IS. THE. WHOLE. POINT.  :)

It's based on those three things so that if one fails (perhaps just in  
your jurisdiction) then the other two can hold.

have fun,

SteveC | steve at asklater.com | http://www.asklater.com/steve/