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bsimpsontoday at 3:25 PM0 repliesview on HN

The internet is largely predicated on American law, because so much of it has been invented by Americans.

The EFF, Creative Commons, FSF - they're all based in America. The licenses they write are based on American legal concepts.

It's interesting to see a Czech CEO commenting on (and quoting) and English translation of Chinese law in the context of a license written in America. As he points out in the thread, AGPL is unenforceable against a Chinese company if China doesn't recognize the rights AGPL is predicated on.