On Fri, 3 Jul 2009, Ulf Möller wrote: > It doesn't. It's just that during a review of the proposed license, a > lawyer pointed out that it is good practice to have terms of use for the > website. That recommendation would still stand if we chose not to change > the license.
I can't really comprehend how "terms and conditions for use of a website" mean anything in the big real world. I'm over 50 years old, have university degrees and post graduate qualifications; i teach undergraduates and postgraduates in my field. However, I'm not stuck in academic clouds and putting terms and conditions on a website is bizarre. I go to a website, i read, i look at pictures. I know quite well that the contents are either copy left or copyright and i should check before i copy anything. Terms and conditions for use of a website - do we put terms and conditions on advertising posters governing who can read them? It's a public site, no passwords, no sign up required to read it, so it's for the public to read. Put the lawyer back in the cage. _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
