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Re: CDDL, OpenSolaris, Choice-of-venue and the star package ...



Henning Makholm writes:

> Scripsit Josselin Mouette <joss@debian.org>
>
>> Well, I'm explaining that it isn't free because of DFSG#5. However, it
>> seems that you are refusing such arguments de facto.
>
> I doubt that "people who do not wish to become legally bound to appear
> at the the author's home court whenever he files a frivolous lawsuit"
> can be meaningfully described as a "group of persons" that can be
> discriminated against. If everybody belongs to the group, is it
> meaningfull to discriminate against it?

Not everyone belongs to the group: In all cases to date (and likely
all cases in the future), some people would naturally be subject to
the court's jurisdiction.  As an example, the QPL discriminates
against everyone who does not live conveniently close to Olso.

Michael Poole



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