[License-discuss] Does this look like an open source license?

[Cinly Ooi]

In that case ask your lawyers.

I don't know the legal system in China. However, I do believe if the
license is not valid because it is written in English and not Chinese, then
the default license applies. And I do believe the default license will be
no copying permitted just like in other countries. If so, it will be the
defendant that suffers instead of the plaintiff.

If the judge cannot handle the case because his English is not good enough
then the standard response is to send it to another who can, or get it
translated by an independent legal translation service. As such, I won't
put too much weight on the hearsay.

Best Regards,
Cinly

*****
I do not read footer and will not be bounded by them. If they are legally
enforceable then this one always triumph yours.

On 26 January 2015 at 13:42, Maxthon Chan <xcvista at me.com> wrote:

> That incident is only heard from friends. Also court documents is not made
> public in China.
>
> In this country lots of stuff is not made public. Don’t feel strange for
> the lack of transparency.
>
> > On Jan 25, 2015, at 18:51, Jim Wright <jim.wright at oracle.com> wrote:
> >
> > Do you have a link or case name?  I am curious to read more about this
> holding.
> >
> > -- Jim
> >
> >
> >> On Jan 24, 2015, at 11:47 PM, Maxthon Chan <xcvista at me.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> The incident is that one project owner found his code used in an
> commercial product without attribution but the Chinese-speaking court says
> that the license is not enforceable if it is written in a language that the
> judge cannot understand, and that particular judge have only beginner level
> English.
> >>
> >> This lead me to create two thing: a 3c-BSD equivalent in simple
> English, and a 3c-BSD equivalent in Chinese (under law of Mainland China).
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