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A free license may not require compliance with a nonfree license
of another program.


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<p>
A free license may not require compliance with the license of a
nonfree program.  Thus, for instance, if a license requires you to
comply with the licenses of “all the programs you use”, in
the case of a user that runs nonfree programs this would require
compliance with the licenses of those nonfree programs; that makes the
license nonfree.
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<p>
It is acceptable for a free license to specify which jurisdiction's
law applies, or where litigation must be done, or both.
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<li><a href="http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/www/philosophy/free-sw.html?root=www&r1=1.130&r2=1.131">Version
1.131</a>: A free license may not require compliance with a nonfree license
of another program.</li>

<li><a href="http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/www/philosophy/free-sw.html?root=www&r1=1.128&r2=1.129">Version
1.129</a>: State explicitly that choice of law and choice of forum
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