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August 18, 2008
Open Source Licenses Held Enforceable
In Jacobsen v. Katzer (No. 2008-1001, Aug 13, 2008), the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Federal Circuit reversed a lower court's ruling that copyright protection is not available for software distributed free-of-charge under an open source license. At issue, use of the Larry Wall's Artistic License. Hat tip to O'Reilly Radar's Roberta Caimey, Landmark Case Upholds Open Source Licenses. [JH]
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