[OSM-talk] Sourcing street names - what's the policy, and why?

[Anthony]

On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 4:40 AM, John Smith <deltafoxtrot256 at gmail.com>wrote:

> I was claiming it's possible to launch a
> friverlous lawsuit with no basis and keep it going on for years and
> effectively bankrupt the competition in the process.
>

OSMF is located in the UK, right?  Doesn't the UK have laws which protect
organizations from "friverlous" lawsuits?  If not, the first step in
avoiding such a lawsuit would be to reincorporate in another state with sane
laws.  That would likely work much better than not ever doing anything,
because someone might potentially launch a frivolous lawsuit over anything.
The latter is exactly the "Pascal's Wager" style thinking that is holding
back OSM from reaching its potential.
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