On 9/9/05, Matthew Garrett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Humberto Massa GuimarĂ£es <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I doubt that "people who do not wish to become legally bound to appear > >> at the the author's home court whenever he files a frivolous lawsuit" > >> can be meaningfully described as a "group of persons" that can be > >> discriminated against. If everybody belongs to the group, is it > >> meaningfull to discriminate against it? > > > > Try "people who do not have enough money to travel to $VENUE to defend > > themselves from a frivolous lawsuit -- one that they will lose by defaulting > > their court appearance". I think Debian agrees that "poor people" in general > > is a group that is protected by DFSG#5. > > Whereas the alternative may be that licensors are unable to afford the > enforcement of their license. Would you prefer to discriminate against > them?
It certainly sounds better. The licensor can then choose not to enforce it, whereas the licensee wouldn't have the choice not to defend himself.