<div dir="ltr"><div><div>In that case ask your lawyers.<br><br></div>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.<br><br></div>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.<br><br clear="all"><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div>Best Regards,<br>Cinly<br><br>*****<br>I do not read footer and will not be bounded by them. If they are
legally enforceable then this one always triumph yours.</div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 26 January 2015 at 13:42, Maxthon Chan <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:xcvista@me.com" target="_blank">xcvista@me.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">That incident is only heard from friends. Also court documents is not made public in China.<br>
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In this country lots of stuff is not made public. Don’t feel strange for the lack of transparency.<br>
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> On Jan 25, 2015, at 18:51, Jim Wright <<a href="mailto:jim.wright@oracle.com">jim.wright@oracle.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> Do you have a link or case name? I am curious to read more about this holding.<br>
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> -- Jim<br>
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>> On Jan 24, 2015, at 11:47 PM, Maxthon Chan <<a href="mailto:xcvista@me.com">xcvista@me.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> 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.<br>
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>> 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).<br>
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