[OSM-legal-talk] Houses of cards

[Frederik Ramm]

Hi,

> Come on, Frederik, don't treat me like a ninny. I do know that. You'll
> be telling me to see also the Wikipedia entry for "The" next.

Sorry but you were the one who suggested that B could become party to  
a contract he knows nothing about, which led me to assume that either  
you or I must be mistaken about the very nature of contracts, namely  
the fact that entering into a contract requires some declaration of  
intent to enter into a contract.

Of course we'd have all the right in the world to sue A. But we'd not  
have anything we can use against B. And the remainder of your posting  
talks about how we'll cut A to pieces, but that wasn't what I was  
debating.

> Evil Bastard A has breached the
> contract by removing the licencing stuff at the start of planet.xml

You're talking a hypothetical future planet.osm? Because the current  
one has none.

> [1] even more theoretical aside: maybe we should dual-license to also
> say "we'll sell you full non-exclusive rights to planet.osm for £5,000
> a node" ;)

I have a feeling that Rob can't be bought.

Bye
Frederik

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