On Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 09:57:35PM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote:
US law does not require choice of law clauses, so long as the
prosecuting party can in some sense claim to be in the US. Even if
they're a foreign multinational who just has an office there. They can
blithely apply their laws to
On Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 08:53:07AM -0400, Michael Poole wrote:
Anthony DeRobertis writes:
Obviously debian-legal isn't a place to get legal advice, and I think
most lawyers would demand more details before giving legal advice, so
take all this with a grain of salt.
Of course.
With choice
I'm not fully sure how those clauses work. Cites are welcome.
Anyway, I have two hypothetical scenarios to consider. In both cases,
let's say the software is licensed under an arbitrary free license;
perhaps the MIT X11 license.
FIRST SCENARIO
--
Let's say there is a piece of
Anthony DeRobertis writes:
FIRST SCENARIO
--
Let's say there is a piece of software who's author, Arthur, resides
in France (or many other European countries with similar laws). A US
resident, Jim, decides to modify the software to use it as Nazi
propaganda. [How exactly he
Anthony DeRobertis [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Lastly, if there is a choice of venue clause, can Arthur force Tom to
appear in France, where he could be arrested for violating French
hate-speech laws?
I don't think you have to appear in person for a civil case.
However, it has just occurred to me
On Sat, Jul 31, 2004 at 08:05:08AM -0400, Anthony DeRobertis wrote:
FIRST SCENARIO
--
Let's say there is a piece of software who's author, Arthur, resides in
France (or many other European countries with similar laws). A US
resident, Jim, decides to modify the software to use
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