German software licensing law

Andres K. Foerster list at AKFoerster.de
Mon Sep 26 15:37:23 UTC 2005


Am Wednesday, dem 21. Sep 2005 schrieb MJ Ray:

> Can a software licence in the English language only be valid
> if it specifies that it is governed by German law?

No.

See the netfilter case:
http://www.netfilter.org/news/2004-04-15-sitecom-gpl.html
http://gpl-violations.org/news/20040519-iptables-sitecom.html

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AKFoerster
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