Friday, August 15, 2008

The Associated Press: Court says copyrights apply even for free software

In an important ruling by appeals court, it had judged that writers of free software continue to own copyrights and can dictate terms when the open source license was violated.

It is an important ruling that will help several open source initiatives to force companies that use such open source software to open up their code or pay up for use.

The Associated Press: Court says copyrights apply even for free software

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