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Seems like a good idea to sort this out. And of course if volunteer open source developers are found to be liable, I imagine commercial open and closed source

• csomar 4y ago
  This will only apply to the UK? If you are a developer in US soil and you made an MIT OSS, I don’t think someone from Singapore can sue you in the US based on UK law?
  • nullc 4y ago
    It depends on the jurisdictions in question. The degree of enforcability differs across pairs and depends on the specifics of the case and the nature of the judgements. But even where enforcability is low, which we believe it would be in this case, having a foreign judgement against you is a bad thing, particularly one from a major jurisdiction. As I explained in other comments-- even if you believe/hope it would be unenforceable it can still be unwise to ignore foreign litigation because you won't get a change to fight the case on its merits later should it turn out to be a problem. Perhaps if you were facing a likely unenforceable foreign case that you were sure to lose then you might be best off ignoring it.
  • User23 4y ago
    I’m not a lawyer, but I do know that commercial treaties are a thing so maybe they can? I do vaguely recall some handwringing over treaty regimes like WIPO and WTO so maybe there’s something in place that would expose US nationals to enforcement here? I bet the lawyer who could answer that question has an hefty hourly rate.