Re:UK Government's Payment Infrastructure Is Now Open Source
by blibble on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @03:24PM
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in this specific case they would be messing with the UK government on a controversial topic in the public view... the contractual penalty would be the least of their worries
Re:UK Government's Payment Infrastructure Is Now Open Source
by JetSpiegel on Tuesday August 22, 2017 @08:00PM
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> messing with the UK government on a controversial topic in the public view
Is it in the public view? How many Daily Mail headlines about Google Analytics have you read ever?
What's the penalty for completely disregarding that?
Is it anywhere near large enough to justify them not disregarding it?
More to the point: Pretty much the only thing a contract can do is impose a monetary penalty. Even if it's quite large, it's still only money, and Google rakes in money by the bushel basket from selling data to advertisers. Therefore, it isn't a very convincing penalty.