Re: license language flamewar [was: ITP: squeak-vm, squeak-image, squeak-sources -- A highly portable Smaltalk system]
Bas Zoetekouw writes:
> I don't know if such a clause (that the licence must be interpreted under
> US law) is legal.
It is in the US.
> AFAIK, here in the Netherlands, it is not,...
Then that clause merely becomes void in the Netherlands. Everything is
illegal somewhere.
> ...at least for commercially bought products.
I'm not commercially selling products in the Netherlands. I'm distributing
free software in the United States. Why should I have to deal with your
local laws just because you chose to take your copy home with you?
--
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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- Re: license language flamewar [was: ITP: squeak-vm, squeak-image, squeak-sources -- A highly portable Smaltalk system]
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