A Big Day in Court for the FOSS Community
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Today those who believe in free content and free and open source software won a major victory in court. The underlying facts, and counsel, were hardly major figures on the commercial landscape: the open source software at issue had been developed for model train buffs under an infrequently used free and open source license, and the attorney was young and inexperienced.
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But as often happens, an insignificant case between small parties can have huge implications. And decisions that may make good strategic sense to the parties can also have disastrous consequences for those that are not in the same situation.
The case in question is called Jacobsen v. Katzer. It's been going on for awhile, and a lot of people have spent a lot of time behind the scenes helping make sure that it came out the right way. So for those of you who have not been following this case for the last few years, I'll try to distill briefly why this decision is so important, and why people are so pleased. Full Story |
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