On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 11:58:34PM +0100, Emilie Laffray wrote: > My point was to mention that the licence is using contract law as one of the > mechanism when no other are present, not to use other map providers as a > reference or an example to follow.
Why do we need contract law at all? I know some reason why people think we need it: Because database rights are drastically different to non‐existent across different jurisdictions, so we feel the need to “balance” it out by enforcing the same for everyone using contract law. I don’t agree with it. Simon -- A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that works.—John Gall
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