[OSM-legal-talk] OBbL and forks

Anthony osm at inbox.org
Fri Dec 11 18:10:44 GMT 2009


On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 1:05 PM, 80n <80n80n at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Anthony <osm at inbox.org> wrote:
>
>> And the original contributors can't sue for breach of contract or
>> infringement of the database rights, correct?  In that sense, this is a lot
>> *like* a copyright assignment.  Especially since the ODbL only covers the
>> database as a whole, not the individual contributions.
>>
>
> The original contributors do not own the database right so they have no
> basis for sueing.
>

Yeah, that's what I thought.


> You have to rely on OSMF to protect your data.
>

I rely on my backups to protect my data!
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