Andrew Suffield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, Oct 02, 2003 at 09:35:44PM -0500, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > > > <snip> > > > > The terms of use are to be construed in accordance with the Laws of > > > > England. > > It would be significantly inconvinient for a foreign user to be forced > to appear in a UK court should the copyright owner file suit against > them. Under UK law they _probably_ did something wrong to get this far > at all, but still, it wouldn't necessarily be the case in the absence > of this clause (and if it said "US law", that wouldn't hold).
That provision is a "choice of law" provision, which does *NOT* restrict which court a suit can be filed in. Only a "choice of forum" provision would have that problem. In my opinion, choice of law provisions are certainly not GPL-incompatibilities. Thomas
