[OSM-legal-talk] ODBL enforcement: contract law and remedies

2009-10-26 Thread Ed Avis
One issue which I don't think has been raised so far is whether the ODBL's use of contract law as an enforcement mechanism might in fact make it harder to enforce. In common-law countries the remedy for breach of contract is damages. For something like OSM which is distributed free of charge, it

Re: [OSM-legal-talk] ODBL enforcement: contract law and remedies

2009-10-26 Thread Frederik Ramm
Hi, Ed Avis wrote: This is where I disagree (or at least, am unpersuaded so far) since I haven't seen any hard evidence that copyright is inadequate. If this were the case, then there would be no need for anybody to give permission for relicensing, since under the current copyright-only