[WikiEN-l] Re: New fair use tag proposal

Mon Jul 11 21:53:30 UTC 2005

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Fastfission wrote:

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> Now, if you say ahead of time, "Well, we're not going to sue you" --
> does that change anything? Not really. What if you changed your mind?
> You're not bound *not* to sue us (or, put in a less accusatory way:
> what if your group was suddenly acquired by someone else who did not
> want to honor your previous informal agreement?).

Indeed; under 'Common Law' (at least in the UK, but I imagine that it is
the same or at least very similar in the various districts of the United
States), as contracts must have 'benefit' to both parties, thus promises
not to sue cannot be contractual terms, merely nice frippery words. They
are not legally binding in any way.

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Yours,
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James D. Forrester
Wikimedia : [[W:en:User:Jdforrester|James F.]]
E-Mail    : james at jdforrester.org
IM (MSN)  : jamesdforrester at hotmail.com
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