2011/4/18 Elizabeth Dodd <ed...@billiau.net>: > On Mon, 18 Apr 2011 08:40:45 +0200 > Fabio Alessandro Locati <fabioloc...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> In all the countries I know of ticking a checkbox is comparable to >> sign a printed contract, so I thin is pointless to have a written >> contract or a Copy&Past thing ;) > > add Australia to your list of places where ticking a checkbox is NOT > comparable to signing a printed contract. > > > Quotation from an Australian Copyright Council Information sheet G102v01 > > Elements of a contract > The following elements must be present before you have a contract (a > legally binding agreement): > • an offer; > • acceptance; > • benefit to all parties (“consideration”). > Sometimes, a party does not want to accept the terms initially offered > and makes a “counter-offer”, which may then be further negotiated. A > contract is not binding until an offer is accepted without further > conditions. Terms and conditions are generally set at the time of > acceptance and cannot later be changed or revoked without all parties > agreeing to the new terms. >
I know, English is not my native one, but how it is related with checkbox as agreeing with printed contract? When you check that box, you agree that contract is final and valid. If you don't want to acept the terms, you simply don't check it. Or I don't get secret lawyers language? :) Cheers, Peter. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
