Re: Choice-of-Venue is OK with the DFSG.
Bruce Perens writes:
> Choice of venue can be a useful clause for the purpose of protecting
> Free Software authors from frivolous lawsuits /against them /in venues
> where it is difficult or impossible to defend themselves, but where
> they could still be damaged. In general such damage would be due to
> reciprocal treaties or the fact that they might someday wish to visit
> a nation where a judgement exists against them.
Which nations have courts that ignore personal jurisdiction to such an
extent? Are those nations known to respect choice of venue clauses in
copyright-based licenses?
It seems arbitrary to accept choice-of-venue clauses based on the (so
far unsubstantiated) assumption that they are less likely to be
ignored by courts than disclaimers of warranty.
Michael Poole
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