Re: BOINC: lib/cal.h license issue agree with the DFSG?
Anthony W. Youngman writes:
> In message <[🔎] 20100104123153.65A79F7129@nail.towers.org.uk>, MJ Ray
> <mjr@phonecoop.coop> writes
>>I'm not convinced that there is consensus on choice-of-venue being
>>acceptable. I suspect there's a mix of considering it acceptable,
>>thinking we can fight it when needed and ignorance.
>
> Actually, I believe choice-of-venue is unenforceable in our
> jurisdiction :-)
That's convenient for you (assuming it's true). I live in Virginia,
which has enacted a law called UCITA that gives almost unlimited scope
to shrink-wrap and click-wrap licenses; but even without that, US courts
generally uphold choice-of-venue clauses in software licenses. I hope
that those situated similarly to me count for something when evaluating
DFSG compliance -- just going through discovery in one lawsuit venued on
the far side of the country was more than enough for me. (Setting aside
the cost of retaining a lawyer in a jurisdiction with slightly different
laws than I'm familiar with, the three-hour time zone difference made it
a pain to coordinate things without disrupting my working schedule.
IMO, software users don't deserve to have far-away lawsuits against them
made easier.)
Michael Poole
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