Re: Python 1.6 license DFSG free ?
This is not legal advice, no attorney-client relationship is established, etc. etc. My understanding is that Virginia law would be applied by the Albanian court (provided, among other things, jurisdiction can be obtained in Albania and provided the Albanian court will accept the contractual choice of law clauses (most, but not all, jurisdictions do)). The excluding conflict of law provisions wording is intended to avoid the situation where the conflict of law provisions in Virginia would deem that some law other than Virginia's (e.g. Albanian law) should be applied to the dispute. From: Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: debian-legal@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Python 1.6 license DFSG free ? Date: Wed, 13 Sep 2000 10:32:09 +0100 I'd be interested to know what this means: 7. This License Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in all respects by the law of the State of Virginia, excluding conflict of law provisions. If someone in Albania, say, is violating the licence, and CNRI wants to sue them in Albania, in an Albanian court, what does it mean for Virginia law to apply? Edmund -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
Re: Python 1.6 license DFSG free ?
I'd be interested to know what this means: 7. This License Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in all respects by the law of the State of Virginia, excluding conflict of law provisions. If someone in Albania, say, is violating the licence, and CNRI wants to sue them in Albania, in an Albanian court, what does it mean for Virginia law to apply? Edmund
Python 1.6 license DFSG free ?
Since I'm no legal expert, I'd like to collect your opinions about the Python 1.6 license (http://hdl.handle.net/1895.22/1012, see also the Python 1.6 License FAQ: http://www.python.org/1.6/license_faq.html). There's an argument whether this license is compatible with the GPL, but that's secondary here. My only question at this point is whether the license is free according to the terms of the DFSG, i.e. if we could include Python 1.6 in main. I don't see any problems (CNRI and OSI say that the license was certified as OSI-approved as well), but perhaps there are some things I missed. The problem with GPL compatibility seems to be that the CNRI license specifically states that the license shall be interpreted by the law of some specific state. RMS says that this is a restriction that's not compatible with the GPL, but I think this is no restriction that contradicts the DFSG. Is that correct ? Gregor
Re: Python 1.6 license DFSG free ?
Scripsit Gregor Hoffleit [EMAIL PROTECTED] Since I'm no legal expert, I'd like to collect your opinions about the Python 1.6 license (http://hdl.handle.net/1895.22/1012, see also the Python 1.6 License FAQ: http://www.python.org/1.6/license_faq.html). It looks completely benign and DFSG-free. I would call it a BSD variant in spirit if not in words. -- Henning Makholm PROV EN FORFRISKNING FRISKLAIL DEM
