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