On Wed, 7 Sep 2005, Sven Luther wrote: > Debian GNU/OpenSolaris, as it would be called, having a OpenSolaris kernel and > a GNU userland is not concerned by the GPL incompatibility of the CDDL, but > solely on the non-freeness of the CDDL, which seems to involve right now the > controversial choice-of-venue clause. At least if you want that effort to be > part of debian, and not create your own thing apart from it. > > Now, my opinion is that the choice-of-venue clause problem should be cut in > two, and leave the choice-of-venue to the defendant, as seems to be the > default in international contract law, but it would be nice to have real legal
What is the problem with the choice of venure clause? I honestly don't understand. If I, as a resident of BC, Canada, release some code under the CDDL, the last thing I want to do is travel to God knows where (e.g., California) to protect my rights in a court of law. A better example would be Casper, who lives in the Netherlands. Why can't he, as the author of a piece of CDDL-licensed code, chose the venue for lawsuits? -- Rich Teer, SCNA, SCSA, OpenSolaris CAB member President, Rite Online Inc. Voice: +1 (250) 979-1638 URL: http://www.rite-group.com/rich _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
