On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 8:24 AM, Atamert Ölçgen <mu...@muhuk.com> wrote:
> > > > On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 1:09 PM, Gregg Reynolds <d...@mobileink.com> wrote: > >> On Fri, May 30, 2014 at 12:27 AM, Atamert Ölçgen <mu...@muhuk.com> wrote: >> >>> This Agreement is governed by the laws of the State of New York and the >>>> intellectual property laws of the United States of America. >>> >>> >>> This is a very peculiar clause for me. I have just checked GPL text and >>> it doesn't contain anything like that. I'll look into this further later, >>> but at this point I'm concerned by a license that is in a way limited to a >>> geographical location. A location which I don't live. >>> >>> The web never lies: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7232485 >> > > I don't know what I'm supposed to learn from that thread. > NY (or London or ?) as world standard for international commerce. > But clicking through I have arrived here: > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnu-misc-discuss/2009-08/msg00062.html > > 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? >> >> It reduces the freedom of people in other jurisdictions. These people, >> theoretically, could become subject to an alien legal system over which >> they have no control, no knowledge, and no access to lawyers versed in >> it. This is a disincentive to use software restricted in this fashion. > > > So it seems, for non-US citizens, choosing a license that doesn't contain > a choice of law clause is the rational way to go. > Define rational. To me, it looks like absence of a choice of law clause means I have no idea where I might end up in case of litigation. Name your favorite corrupt legal system here. With a choice of law clause at least you can be somewhat confident that the contract can be enforced under some semblance of the rule of law. -g -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
