[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > 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. It causes problems if and only if the license is a copyleft. If it's not a copyleft: * the Scotland-venue clause in the original license only applies to claims against the original licensor of the original software * the French forker uses a license without that clause for his own modifications (perhaps with a French court clause). Suits against him, as licensor of the modified version, go to his French court. If it is a copyleft, it's troublesome, because the French forker can't use a different license. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
