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

Simon Ward simon at bleah.co.uk
Tue Jul 20 00:50:03 BST 2010


On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 09:17:43AM +1000, Liz wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Jul 2010, Simon Ward wrote:
> > To my knowledge the contract isn’t automatically transferred, although
> > it occurs to me that it could be a condition of the licence that the
> > contract is also adhered to. I’m not sure this is the case.
> 
> A good example is shrink-wrap licences which are one-sided contracts.

I don’t believe they are a good example…

> Some countries do not accept that they have any validity, others do.

…for this very reason.

> Where I live a contract has to be agreed to by both parties, is not valid if 
> signed under duress and is not transferable without agreement.

This is my (basic) understanding of a contract: It involves two (at
least) parties agreeing, not just passively.

> So the copy left on a train (popular with UK politicians) has no contract when 
> i pick it up and use it, but any copyright it has is preserved.

Makes sense.
-- 
A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a
simple system that works.—John Gall
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