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Re: Results for Debian's Position on the GFDL



Anthony DeRobertis <anthony@derobert.net> schrieb/wrote:
> What I should have said is the final authority on the meaning of a
> license is the highest court in the jurisdiction in which you are
> being sued over it. So, yes, for you the final authority is a Belgian
> court, for me its the Supreme Court of the US. If the Project (or,
> rather, SPI) were sued, it'd also be the SCOTUS.

There are two assumptions here that are wrong:

. US residents can only be sued in US courts.
. US courts can only decide on US copyright law.

Claus
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