Anthony W. Youngman writes: > In message <20100104123153.65a79f7...@nail.towers.org.uk>, MJ Ray > <m...@phonecoop.coop> writes >>I'm not convinced that there is consensus on choice-of-venue being >>acceptable. I suspect there's a mix of considering it acceptable, >>thinking we can fight it when needed and ignorance. > > Actually, I believe choice-of-venue is unenforceable in our > jurisdiction :-)
That's convenient for you (assuming it's true). I live in Virginia, which has enacted a law called UCITA that gives almost unlimited scope to shrink-wrap and click-wrap licenses; but even without that, US courts generally uphold choice-of-venue clauses in software licenses. I hope that those situated similarly to me count for something when evaluating DFSG compliance -- just going through discovery in one lawsuit venued on the far side of the country was more than enough for me. (Setting aside the cost of retaining a lawyer in a jurisdiction with slightly different laws than I'm familiar with, the three-hour time zone difference made it a pain to coordinate things without disrupting my working schedule. IMO, software users don't deserve to have far-away lawsuits against them made easier.) Michael Poole -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-legal-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
