On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 22:17:47 -0800 (PST) Walter Landry wrote: > Nathanael Nerode <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > > Here's the "attribution" version: > > http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/scotland/legalcode > > > > 6.5 This Licence is governed by the law of Scotland and the parties > > accept the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of Scotland to > > decide any action or claim directed against the Licensor. > > Doesn't this cause problems when the code is forked? If someone in > France forks the code, then they have to travel to Scotland to defend > themselves against any frivolous lawsuits. That allows the original > licensors a bit more control over the code than might be desired. > > I am not sure that allowing choice of venue clauses to be overridded > is ever a good idea. The law has a number of (imperfect) safety > hatches to prevent forum selection abuse.
Mmmmh, that seems to be a problem too and one I hadn't thought about before... -- :-( This Universe is buggy! Where's the Creator's BTS? ;-) ...................................................................... Francesco Poli GnuPG Key ID = DD6DFCF4 Key fingerprint = C979 F34B 27CE 5CD8 DC12 31B5 78F4 279B DD6D FCF4
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