[OSM-talk] PD tick box

[Elizabeth Dodd]

On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 08:40:45 +0200
Fabio Alessandro Locati <fabiolocati at gmail.com> wrote:

> In all the countries I know of ticking a checkbox is comparable to
> sign a printed contract, so I thin is pointless to have a written
> contract or a Copy&Past thing ;)

add Australia to your list of places where ticking a checkbox is NOT
comparable to signing a printed contract.


Quotation from an Australian Copyright Council Information sheet G102v01

      Elements of a contract
The following elements must be present before you have a contract (a
legally binding agreement):
•   an offer;
•   acceptance;
•   benefit to all parties (“consideration”).
Sometimes, a party does not want to accept the terms initially offered
and makes a “counter-offer”, which may then be further negotiated. A
contract is not binding until an offer is accepted without further
conditions. Terms and conditions are generally set at the time of
acceptance and cannot later be changed or revoked without all parties
agreeing to the new terms.