Re: Re: Bug#227159: ocaml: Worse, the QPL is not DFSG-free

[luther@debian.org]

First, thanks for not CCing me on this, as i asked.

>Sven Luther <sven.luther@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
>> Also, one of the clauses you have problems with, the "court of venue",
>> if waived, might limit their possibilities to defend against people not
>> respecting the licence
>
>That is the whole problem with the venue clause.  It makes it too easy
>for the original developers to harass distributors.

Well, only if you live in a country whose legal system allows suing for every
ridicoulous reason, provided you have the found to pay for it. A court of
venue outside of the US is rather more a guarantee of real justice than a
threat, as i think non-US judges would be much less inclined to allow
bullshit-claims to proceed, or judge results which only depends on the amount
of money at ones disposal.  But then IANAL, and i may be dreaming or something
too.

Still, in this matter we need to find a balance between the right of the
developer (who don't wish people to use the software in disrespect of the
licence) and the wish of users who want to do modifications, and as long as
they respect the licence, should not be furthermore molested.

The fear of harassment only comes for someone who is willingly breaking the
licence, and seriously, do we want to encourage those ? 

And finally, i know the upstream authors personnally, and i also understand
their situation enough to know that they won't engage in any such harrasment,
even if it was possible.

Friendly,

Sven Luther