On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 06:16:06AM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Thu, Feb 03, 2005 at 01:50:16PM +0000, Matthew Garrett wrote: > > > > For this reason, Debian should reject choice of venue clauses as non-free. > > > At best, they give an underdog copyright holder a small advantage while > > > enforcing his rights, but at worst they give a hostile copyright holder a > > > large advantage while persecuting the Free Software community. > > > I'm not convinced that the advantage to the copyright holder is small. > > If a large US corporation violates my copyright license, I'm likely to > > stand a significantly better chance if I can sue them in the UK. > > Is there a reason you can't sue them in the UK without a choice of venue > clause?
If this is the case, then what do we lose if an evil copyright holder sues in their home district when the license has a choice of venue clause? It sounds to me like it's almost a no-op. - David Nusinow -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
