Obligation in a sentence as a noun

Fair enough - we're under no obligation to use Google's services.

You're legal obligation isn't connected to having the file, it's connected to making it.

At present, there's no reasonable way to enforce people's obligations to share the cost of what they otherwise "share" freely.

Maybe they prefer not to have debt on their balance sheet, with the legal obligation to pay it back in case they can't do a qualified funding round.

The company fails or plods along uneventfully: it has no obligation to buy back anything from you; you took the risk and lost.

I am under no contractual obligation to produce anything, so that it exists at all is the result of a labor of love.

Again, the parent i responded to implied Google has some affirmative obligation to place the source code on the internet.

Avoid close friends recommending you; one of my first clients was recommended by a close friend, and you feel an obligation to both the client and the friend.

They're not making law, they're facilitating contractual obligations between the creator and the backer.

Absent a court-ordered injuction, Apple has no obligation to read, let alone give credence to anyone's claims in this matter, and that's exactly what they should have done: let the courts sort it out. Make PRC get the injuction, don't just give it to them for free.

The thing you have failed to acknowledge is that that, when you make a copy, you create an obligation to pay the holder of the copyright a specific amount of money.

Obviously, there are fair use laws that specify a range of situations in which making a copy doesn't trigger a corresponding obligation to pay.

"I would worry about creating an obligation that would require you to have anxiety and other issues by not being able to fulfill the obligation.

While it's nice and might make you feel good to give back it's hard to believe that it wouldn't be better to simply try to get yourself stronger without the obligation of doing for others.

There is a religious obligation in Mormonism to proxy baptize one's non-Mormon ancestors so they can get into heaven.

Someone can take them up on that written offer, yes, and then they could repost it to the internet, but Google definitely has no affirmative obligation to place the GPL'd source code on the internet as was implied.

I may desire to create something wonderful and see to it that it is freely distributed to the maximum degree possible because I feel it is important that people benefit from my creative output without any obligation to me.

Obligation definitions

noun

the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force; "we must instill a sense of duty in our children"; "every right implies a responsibility; every opportunity, an obligation; every possession, a duty"- John D.Rockefeller Jr

See also: duty responsibility

noun

the state of being obligated to do or pay something; "he is under an obligation to finish the job"

noun

a personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor

See also: indebtedness

noun

a written promise to repay a debt

noun

a legal agreement specifying a payment or action and the penalty for failure to comply