[OSM-legal-talk] License Cut-over and critical mass

[John Smith]

On 19 July 2010 21:04, Emilie Laffray <emilie.laffray at gmail.com> wrote:
> If I follow that analogy, I can then use data from TeleAtlas if someone
> breaches the contract, which is not the case. The licence is found on their
> data.

Since when does contract law work that way?

The difference here is companies like Teleatlas would sue someone for
massive damages if the contract was breached in the first place, which
would be OSM-F's only relief, OSM-F won't have a contract with any 3rd
party that may download data from (I like Rob's example better)
picking up a copy left on a bus.

> This is the same about anything using contract law. Someone breaking the
> contract and redistributing it doesn't remove the contract that is given

Contracts aren't licenses, they don't transfer like copyright does...