Re: discussion with the FSF: GPLv3, GFDL, Nexenta

[Arnoud Engelfriet <arnoud@engelfriet.net>]

Don Armstrong wrote:
> On Mon, 04 Jun 2007, Arnoud Engelfriet wrote:
> > If I'm in the Netherlands and distribute
> > CDDL software to a Belgian citizen while violating the CDDL, the
> > copyright holder has to come to the Netherlands, choice-of-venue
> > (mostly) notwithstanding.
> 
> From the summary:
> 
>    If the parties, one or more of whom is domiciled in the Community,
>    have concluded a choice of jurisdiction clause * , the agreed court
>    will have jurisdiction. 

True, if it's a EU country. Sorry for that omission. Signing away
jurisdiction to the US is a lot more difficult.

Arnoud

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