Josef Dalcolmo dalcolmo@vh-s.de writes:
Therefore, a license that specifies a jurisdiction is considered incompatible with the GPL. That is why I started wondering about the Mandrake license. I think the intent of that license is really just to say: If someone insists to sue Mandrake for anything on their distribution they have to do it in Paris. I was wondering if that is OK.
What exactly does the license apply to? If it's the distribution as a whole then it may be legal.
The distribution as a whole can be seen as a collection of copyrighted works that can be copyrighted as a whole independently of the individual components. Mandrake can choose any license they like for it.
Bernhard