On Sun, 29 Jan 2006 22:17:47 -0800 (PST) Walter Landry wrote:
> Nathanael Nerode <neroden@twcny.rr.com> wrote:
[...]
> > Here's the "attribution" version:
> > http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5/scotland/legalcode
> >
> > 6.5 This Licence is governed by the law of Scotland and the parties
> > accept the exclusive jurisdiction of the Courts of Scotland to
> > decide any action or claim directed against the Licensor.
>
> Doesn't this cause problems when the code is forked? If someone in
> France forks the code, then they have to travel to Scotland to defend
> themselves against any frivolous lawsuits. That allows the original
> licensors a bit more control over the code than might be desired.
>
> I am not sure that allowing choice of venue clauses to be overridded
> is ever a good idea. The law has a number of (imperfect) safety
> hatches to prevent forum selection abuse.
Mmmmh, that seems to be a problem too and one I hadn't thought about
before...
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