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Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 09:30:01 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: [nylug-announce] TOMORROW! NYLUG 8/19 Meeting: Robert Menes on
Rockbox Open Source Digital
* Alexander Terekhov:
The German copyright act doesn't recognize the concept of work for
hire in which the copyright (Urheberrecht) is owned by employer.
The exploitation rights for computer programs are automatically
transferred to the employer, see ยง69b UrhG. Keep in mind that this
does not
On the licenses list at fsf.org, there are several licenses in the
free but not GPL compatible list that appear to be incompatible
because they contain a choice of law clause.
Why would a choice of law clause make a license incompatible with
GPL?
Because they add additional terms
Rui Miguel Silva Seabra r...@1407.org writes:
On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 03:33:51PM +0200, Alexander Terekhov wrote:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9136467/Does_GPL_still_matter_
[ Editor's note: InfoWorld tried to interview Richard Stallman, who
runs the Free Software Foundation that
In article mailman.4863.1250670198.2239.gnu-misc-disc...@gnu.org,
Alfred M. Szmidt a...@gnu.org wrote:
On the licenses list at fsf.org, there are several licenses in the
free but not GPL compatible list that appear to be incompatible
because they contain a choice of law clause.
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
Tim Smith reply_in_gr...@mouse-potato.com wrote:
In article mailman.4863.1250670198.2239.gnu-misc-disc...@gnu.org,
Alfred M. Szmidt a...@gnu.org wrote:
On the licenses list at fsf.org, there are several licenses in the
free but not GPL compatible list that appear to be incompatible
Alan Mackenzie writes:
I believe you're wrong here, too. It just sounds absurd. Judges and
lawyers are only trained to operate under their own respective legal
systems. Please back up your assertion with something solid, say
examples.
SCO.
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John Hasler
j...@dhh.gt.org
Dancing Horse
In article h6hu9h$133...@colin2.muc.de, Alan Mackenzie a...@muc.de
wrote:
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.
Doesn't it? I think you're wrong here. How can a Saudi Arabian court
