On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 10:46 AM, Richard Fairhurst <rich...@systemed.net>wrote:
> Anthony wrote: > > I'd say a key provision there is the one about "repeated and systematic > > extraction of insubstantial parts". If you're just using a map site > > occasionally, when you hit a snag, that's one thing. If you're > > systematically using it on road after road, that's another. > > Oh, sure. But then a lawyer could argue that one mapper doing it > occasionally is insubstantial, but 100,000 OSM mappers all doing it > occasionally is substantial. > Lawyers can argue anything they want, but if the 100,000 OSM mappers are acting independently I highly doubt that argument will go very far. But what do I know, that law itself is just nutty. Fortunately, it doesn't apply to me. > And so on per your driving directions example. There are infinite shades > of grey and the only way to resolve them is to have infinite test cases. > But we don't want to get sued, so we just say: safest to steer clear > entirely. > Safest to steer clear entirely? Absolutely. Reasonable to do so? I'd say no, absolutely not.
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