On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 11:34 AM, Frederik Ramm<frede...@remote.org> wrote: > Hi, > > Matt Amos wrote: >> but, to prove that we can copy from other maps with impunity there >> needs to be a precedent, preferably in several jurisdictions. so could >> someone please start ripping off OSM so that we can sue them and get >> some case law, please? > > Ours or theirs? ;-) > > If we do a test case like that we'll have to finance both sides. Maybe > we should start ripping off the OS, then we'd only have to pay for our > own lawyers - bargain! ;-)
and, unlike google, i'm pretty certain they'll sue - their motto is "be as evil as possible"*. cheers, matt *: used to be "be as evil as humanly possible", but recently politicians have been involved. _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk
