[OSM-legal-talk] Privacy and Terms

[Matt Amos]

On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Frederik Ramm<frederik at remote.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Matt Amos wrote:
>> but, to prove that we can copy from other maps with impunity there
>> needs to be a precedent, preferably in several jurisdictions. so could
>> someone please start ripping off OSM so that we can sue them and get
>> some case law, please?
>
> Ours or theirs? ;-)
>
> If we do a test case like that we'll have to finance both sides. Maybe
> we should start ripping off the OS, then we'd only have to pay for our
> own lawyers - bargain! ;-)

and, unlike google, i'm pretty certain they'll sue - their motto is
"be as evil as possible"*.

cheers,

matt

*: used to be "be as evil as humanly possible", but recently
politicians have been involved.