* Michael Poole ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [040818 00:25]: > Bruce Perens writes:
> > Choice of venue can be a useful clause for the purpose of protecting > > Free Software authors from frivolous lawsuits /against them /in venues > > where it is difficult or impossible to defend themselves, but where > > they could still be damaged. In general such damage would be due to > > reciprocal treaties or the fact that they might someday wish to visit > > a nation where a judgement exists against them. > Which nations have courts that ignore personal jurisdiction to such an > extent? Are those nations known to respect choice of venue clauses in > copyright-based licenses? What do you mean by "personal jurisdiction"? E.g. for a lawsuite in the USA it is sufficient if the person who claims to be damaged lives there. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C
