On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 5:26 AM, James Livingston <doc...@mac.com> 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 copyright infringement lawsuit. Not that I know the exact details or care to know them, as I think it'd be a terrible idea. > They could still sue for breach of contract and possible infringement of > the database rights (I'm not sure about that, I don't know enough about EU > law). > 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. Especially since the ODbL only covers the database as a whole, not the individual contributions.
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