Tim Smith writes: > I don't see why choice of law clauses would necessarily be additional > restrictions. To me, it seems they are more like definitions. They are > telling you that the meaning of the license is interpreted under a > particular established law. If the license, when interpreted under > that law, does not impose any additional restrictions, why couldn't it > be GPL compatible?
My thinking exactly. > Note that a choice of law clause doesn't mean that any disputes must > be litigated in the courts of the jurisdiction whose law is > specified. The courts of one state or country are willing and able to > apply the law of another state and country when handling a contract or > license case. Perhaps they are confounding "choice of law" and "choice of venue". -- John Hasler [email protected] Dancing Horse Hill Elmwood, WI USA _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
