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: Zohar Efroni’s blogJacobsen v. Katzer/Kamind ? Federal Circuit Upholds a Free Software License
By Zohar Efroni
As reported by Lessig and others, the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded yesterday a ruling by the Northern District of California which denied the copyright claims of an open source software developer for violations of the Artistic License. This is a landmark decision which is likely to influence all types of free licensing, including Creative Commons licenses and the question of enforceability of copyright claims upon violation of free licenses in general. Here are four quick points on the decision:
Full post as published by Zohar Efroni’s blog on August 14, 2008 (boomark / email).
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