Open Source Community Embraces Federal Ruling

Courtesy Topix - Linux  Thu, 10/09/2008 - 20:14

In the first major ruling involving open source licensing, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that open source licenses are conditions of a copyright license, rather than mere covenants.


 

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