Frederik Ramm wrote:
> If the contract is between OSM and the user, then Foo cannot sue Bar
> for breach of contract because they have no contract. (Can my
> business sue your business because you use a pirated copy of
> Microsoft Windows and thus have an unfair advantage? Unsure but don't
Frederik Ramm wrote:
> And I may add my pet issue that if someone breaches contract you are
> likely to be able to sue them for damages at most, which amount to
> the money you could have earned if the contract had not been
> breached, which is zero in our case.
This would not be true in all
Hi,
> On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 11:52:24AM +0100, Frederik Ramm wrote:
>> Let us drop all this nonsense and concentrate on drawing up the moral
>> guidelines - saying what we consider ok and what not - instead of
>> fantasizing about having legal powers to enforce anything.
>
> I don't get it : you
On 6 Feb 2008, at 11:27, Frederik Ramm wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> Which is why the license also uses contract to help where database
>> right is not available.
>
> Yes, but from Jordan's posting, which was quoted immediately after:
>
--Contract creates a barrier of opportunity and transaction costs
>
On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 11:52:24AM +0100, Frederik Ramm wrote:
> Let us drop all this nonsense and concentrate on drawing up the moral
> guidelines - saying what we consider ok and what not - instead of
> fantasizing about having legal powers to enforce anything.
I don't get it : you go on abo
Hi,
>> Surely if someone breaches contract you would sue them to, well, stop
>> breaching the contract?
I don't know if this is so easy. If someone breaches a contract, the
normal thing to happen is that the other side loses their contractual
obligation. Normal contracts are "I do this for yo
On 6 Feb 2008, at 10:52, Frederik Ramm wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I might be getting something wrong here, but Jordan's posting, to
> me, is the most convincing statement *against* the kind of license
> that the foundation has endorsed. It is a bit difficult for me to
> distinguish between the parts of
Hi,
> Which is why the license also uses contract to help where database
> right is not available.
Yes, but from Jordan's posting, which was quoted immediately after:
>>> --Contract creates a barrier of opportunity and transaction costs
>>> similar to copyright [above]. In addition, it is harder
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A. Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> And I may add my pet issue that if someone breaches contract you are
>> likely to be able to sue them for damages at most, which amount to
>> the money you could have earned if the contract had not been
>> breached, whi
> And I may add my pet issue that if someone breaches contract you are
> likely to be able to sue them for damages at most, which amount to
> the money you could have earned if the contract had not been
> breached, which is zero in our case.
Surely if someone breaches contract you would sue them t
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Frederik Ramm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> -- Database rights legislation is bad policy and bad law and
>> shouldn't be used. See the European Commission's own review:
>
> Let me add some exclamation marks here:
>
> * BAD LAW
> * SHOULD NOT BE USED
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