Thomas Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > It sounds as if you definitely don't understand the legal background.
>
> Huh? *You* were talking about the Debian rules, now you are switching to
> legal backgrounds? Could you please decide what you want?
You did start this discussion. I only try to explain things.
> > > Well, you want a software, where every user on this planet can be forced
> > > to travel around the globe for a lawsuit. Doesn't sound much better.
> >
> > This aplies _only_ to users who like to sue _me_, so this only aplies to
> > _BAD_ users.
>
> I suggest you don't take this stuff personally; perhaps you sell the
> rights on the software tomorrow to someone else, who could then start to
> sue the users based upon your choice of venue of today.
Again: if you believe that Debian should rightfully forbid a choice of venue
to authors, it does implicitely at the same time require a choice of venue
for people who are infringing the rights of the author and like to sue the
author.
Conclusion: if Debian would act this way, Debian would be anti-social and
put the authors off Debian. As a later result, there would be no free
software anymore.
Free Software is a curtesy of it's authors. If you take away all rights from
the authors, you loose anything you have.
Jörg
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