[OSM-legal-talk] some interesting points from the bing license

[Anthony]

On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 3:47 PM, Steve Coast <steve at asklater.com> wrote:
>> On 12/01/2010 02:31 PM, David Groom wrote:
>> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anthony" <osm at inbox.org> Isn't
>> >> http://opengeodata.org/microsoft-imagery-details the "prior written
>> >> consent from Microsoft".
>> >
>> > I'm not sure it is, or certainly if it is enough.
>>
>> Anthony's weaponized literalism
>
> What a fantastic phrase!

What can I say?  Figuring out what legalese actually means, and using
that meaning to its maximum advantage, is what I do for a living.

There’s "no such thing as a technicality or a loophole. The law is the
law. If you find that it's the law, call it what you want, it's the
law!" - CrowJD, paraphrasing law professor Donald Wilkes.