On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 12:11:30PM +0200, Bernhard R. Link wrote: > As choice-of-venus was recently dicussed heavily, and mainly > costs of directly licensors discussed, I wanted to ask the > more knowing ones what effects this will have in the most > jurisdictions when forking code with such a clause in the license. > If neighter the licensee nor the licensor are any more in > the jurisdiction choosen by the clause, what will happen? > Will simply the normal rules apply, or will both have to > travel to the remote place, will that even be able to > open an case? It seems to me that the answer depends on whether the original license allows derivers to distribute their own code under a modified license (i.e., with the choice of venue clause changed to something more appropriate). If it does, then this isn't a problem; you just pick a more suitable venue to apply to your portion of the work. If it doesn't, then you can always dual-license your work, but I guess that still leaves open the possibility that your licensee will choose to take you to court under the terms of the *original* license instead of your modified license... -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. vorlon@debian.org http://www.debian.org/
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