Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Click-through

2008-10-19 Thread Rob Myers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Frederik Ramm wrote: > Rob Myers wrote: >> In the US, the FSF are very careful to say that the GPL is a license, >> not a contract. > > The proposed ODbL, on the other hand, is very careful to point out that > it wants to be a license as well as a c

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Click-through

2008-10-19 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, Rob Myers wrote: > In the US, the FSF are very careful to say that the GPL is a license, > not a contract. The proposed ODbL, on the other hand, is very careful to point out that it wants to be a license as well as a contract... so maybe that's not the best path to go down then? Bye Freder

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Click-through

2008-10-19 Thread Rob Myers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 spaetz wrote: > On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 02:27:44PM +0100, Richard Fairhurst wrote: > >> However, in jurisdictions where copyright and database right may not >> apply to geodata, the enforcement has to be via contract. A >> click-through is one way

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] Click-through

2008-10-19 Thread spaetz
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 02:27:44PM +0100, Richard Fairhurst wrote: > However, in jurisdictions where copyright and database right may not > apply to geodata, the enforcement has to be via contract. A > click-through is one way in which a user can agree to a contract. If > there is no way for