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>> And it is good that it explicitly calls out the legal jurisdiction it sits under (EU). >Offputting if you are not in the EU. Knowing the jurisdiction that
by steve_gh 1y ago
>> And it is good that it explicitly calls out the legal jurisdiction it sits under (EU).
>Offputting if you are not in the EU.
Knowing the jurisdiction that the licence sits under is a huge advantage, because it tells you the legal framework you are operating under. That means that a lawyer should be able to advise you on what meets the license terms based on settled law and precedent. That's much cheaper than fighting it out in court.
- graemep 1y agoNot compared to the jurisdiction being your local one.
- steve_gh 1y agoI disagree. If your local jurisdiction does not deal with software licences regularly, then how they chose to interpret them is unknown. So you may end up in an expensive court fight. With a known jurisdiction building a solid corpus of precedent and case law then there are fewer unknowns. It's really the same as corporate incorporation - you chose a jurisdiction with a solid corpus of precedent and case law to avoid court cases. that's why most folk chose Delaware for the US.
- graemep 1y agoI maybe looking at it from a point of view of being in a legal system (the UK) that I have reasonable confidence in with regard to most civil cases. I always prefer contracts to specify England ans Wales as the jurisdiction, for example.