On Jun 24, 2009, at 6:39 PM, Frederik Ramm wrote: > Hi, > > Russ Nelson wrote: >> Some of the stuff is there to make sure that we have the right to >> redistribute contributions to OSM. This is important and useful. > > I was under the impression that these terms did not have anything to > do > with our data. The data should be governed by the license and the > contribution agreement which I thought were separate?
Wiki. Diaries. Emails. Etc. >> Prohibited uses just gives us the right to kick fucking assholes in >> the butt. Sure, self-defense is the right of all civilized people, >> but remember this: a judge can ALWAYS get up on the wrong side of the >> bed and rule incorrectly. > > Yeah, sure, and if I leave the house a brick might fall on my head and > I'd be dead. Tough luck! Do you wear a helmet when you ride a bicycle? Accidents resulting in TBI are very uncommon, but their consequences are very high and a helmet will protect you from many of those consequences. Should the OSMF wear a helmet when it supplies services to the public? -- Russ Nelson - http://community.cloudmade.com/blog - http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/User:RussNelson r...@cloudmade.com - Twitter: Russ_OSM - http://openstreetmap.org/user/RussNelson _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
