On Nov 22, 2007 9:46 PM, Lars Aronsson lars@aronsson.se wrote:
Tim 'avatar' Bartel wrote:
of cases where people (in Germany) notice an '...or later' clause and sign a contract anyhow because they know, that this clause is ineffective.
German law applies *in Germany*, not *to Germans*. As soon as they (or their works) move beyond borders, they are exposed to other legal systems. (Go to China and kill someone -- you might be sentenced to death.) So if the clause is ineffective under German law, you can feel "safe" only as long as you (and your work) stay in that country.
Agreed, and I don't think Tim thought otherwise. I know I didn't.
Of course, seeing as the Projects in the German language (or the French) rank in the top 5 of visits and are massively accessed from Germany (or France), we might want to consider *not* making Wikipedia illegal in Germany (or France). Which, if I am not mistaken, may happen if *one* person actually won a trial on those basis.
I will also take a wild guess and say that many countries in Europe (and elsewhere) actually share the same kind of legal grounds.
But then hey, I couldn't be more biased :-)
Delphine