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

[SteveC]

On Jul 20, 2010, at 1:53 AM, Simon Ward wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 11:58:34PM +0100, Emilie Laffray wrote:
>> My point was to mention that the licence is using contract law as one of the
>> mechanism when no other are present, not to use other map providers as a
>> reference or an example to follow.
> 
> Why do we need contract law at all?
> 
> I know some reason why people think we need it:  Because database
> rights are drastically different to non‐existent across different
> jurisdictions, so we feel the need to “balance” it out by enforcing the
> same for everyone using contract law.
> 
> I don’t agree with it.

Apparently lawyers with real law degrees think we do. Here's a crazy idea: maybe they're right?

Steve

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