[OSM-legal-talk] Click-through

[spaetz]

On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 02:27:44PM +0100, Richard Fairhurst wrote:

> However, in jurisdictions where copyright and database right may not  
> apply to geodata, the enforcement has to be via contract. A  
> click-through is one way in which a user can agree to a contract. If  
> there is no way for the user to agree (or otherwise), or so it's  
> argued, there can be no contract.

The GNU gpl has generally been upheld in all court decisions (even in the US I think) and that works as a contract. It has no click-through.

spaetz