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> >On Monday 07 August 2006 11:58 am, Joerg Schilling wrote:
> >> Well, this is what these people don't care about :-(
> >
> >Sun needs to address this, and if the CDDL is causing problem it needs to be
> >changed, IMO.
>
> The only thing that will satisfy Debian seems like is the GPL;
> we can't do that.
>
> Changing the CDDL would be extremely bad, IMHO.
This is what I believe too.
> The "choice of venue" clause some seem to balk at is actually
> more like a "fixed venue" clause. It *restricts* the person who owns
> the code and at the same time protects them against lawsuits in faraway
> locations.
>
> The only people who could have a problem with the choice of venue
> clause are those who want to sue Sun because for a lawsuit initiated
> by the other party you do not get to pick the venue anyway.
This is what I told the people from Debian: I said that only a malicious
distributor (i.e. one that likes to harm the Author of the software)
would have problems with the "fixed venue" clause.
What we need is to better inform peope about the real background of the various
clauses in the CDDL. This would help to avoid that people believe FUD like the
one that comes from Debian.
Jörg
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