Michael Poole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Matthew Garrett writes: >> What's the point in us worrying about licenses granting freedoms that >> can't actually be exercised in life? There is no "freedom not to be >> sued", so it's impossible for a license to contravene that. > > There are the DFSG freedoms to not have to pay a fee and to not be > discriminated against, and licenses can contravene those. Even though > a sociopath can impose costs on an arbitrary person, we should not > treat being vicimized by a sociopath as the baseline for freedom.
Right, but the "cost" being suggested only appears when someone is sued frivilously (I'm assuming that we don't think that the freedom to contravene a license without being sued is something to worry about...), which approximates sociopathic behaviour. What practical difference does a choice of venue clause make to the user? -- Matthew Garrett | [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
