On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 1:05 PM, 80n <80n...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Anthony wrote:
>
>> And the original contributors can't sue for breach of contract or
>> infringement of the database rights, correct? In that sense, this is a lot
>> *like* a copyright assignment.
On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Anthony wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 5:26 AM, James Livingston wrote:
>
>> The downside of not requiring copyright assignment is that OSMF can't sue
>> for copyright infringement of the data.
>>
>
> I believe some other projects get around that by assigning t
On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 5:26 AM, James Livingston wrote:
> The downside of not requiring copyright assignment is that OSMF can't sue
> for copyright infringement of the data.
>
I believe some other projects get around that by assigning the project as an
agent for the purposes of engaging in a co
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 11:14 PM, andrzej zaborowski wrote:
> 2009/12/8 Matt Amos :
>> On Tuesday, December 8, 2009, Anthony wrote:
>>> On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 7:40 AM,
>>> >> 'mapp...@sheerman-chase.org.uk');>> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> A quick question for the legal people: does ODbL allow the project
2009/12/8 Matt Amos :
> On Tuesday, December 8, 2009, Anthony wrote:
>> On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 7:40 AM,
>> > 'mapp...@sheerman-chase.org.uk');>> wrote:
>>
>>
>> A quick question for the legal people: does ODbL allow the project to
>> be forked?
>>
>> Technically, it does. But remember that the
Grant Slater wrote:
>> A quick question for the legal people: does ODbL allow the project to
>> be forked?
>
> Yes it does. The LWG sought specific legal advise on this. We wouldn't
> be an open project if this was not allowed.
That fork would have less options than OSMF has, though. Most
importa
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