Re: Choice-of-Venue is OK with the DFSG.
* Michael Poole (mdpoole@troilus.org) [040818 00:25]:
> 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?
What do you mean by "personal jurisdiction"? E.g. for a lawsuite in
the USA it is sufficient if the person who claims to be damaged lives
there.
Cheers,
Andi
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