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Slashdot | An Open Source Legal Breakthrough

Hurrah! Now this IS good news from the courts.

License:GPL: del.icio.us tag/gpl

Court: violating copyleft = copyright infringement

"Unlike the lower court, the appeals court seemed to understand that reciprocity lay at the heart of free software licenses. Just as traditional software firms thrive on the exchange of code for money, free software projects thrive on the exchange of code for code."

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Federal Circuit Says Open Source License Conditions are Enforceable as Copyright Conditions

'the conditions of the Artistic License are "enforceable copyright conditions."' hooray (via Nat Friedman)

open-source: del.icio.us tag/open-source

Why licenses don't matter (and why they do) " Sententia cdsmithus

Interesting thesis: licenses don't matter. Programmers like logical systems so they believe in licenses, but in reality social pressures and having lawyers matters more. So you have to worry more about the motivations of people and less about the words of

License:GPL: del.icio.us tag/gpl

Software Group Targets Small Business

<sep/>legal army and at ~$100,000 per lawsuit, the BSA makes a lot of money through settlements. Opensource software does not come with the risk of BSA-attack.

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FSF - A Quick Guide to GPLv3

After a year and a half of public consultation, thousands of comments, and four drafts, version 3 of the GNU General Public License (GPLv3) was finally published on June 29. While there's been a lot of discussion about the license since the first draft ap

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Law & Life: Silicon Valley: Monsoon Media: Lessons for FOSS Management

Monsoon Media vs SFLC and the makers of BusyBox > settlement: MM to ensure compliance with GPLv2 **and** pay a compensation.

License:GPL: del.icio.us tag/gpl

The Free-Libre / Open Source Software (FLOSS) License Slide

There are a large number of Free-Libre / Open Source Software (FLOSS) licenses, but only a few are widely used. The widely-used licenses tend to be compatible, i.e., the software can be combined to produce a larger work. The following "license slide"

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The Free-Libre / Open Source Software (FLOSS) License Slide

There are a large number of Free-Libre / Open Source Software (FLOSS) licenses, but only a few are widely used. The widely-used licenses tend to be compatible, i.e., the software can be combined to produce a larger work. The following "license slide"

License:GPL: del.icio.us tag/gpl

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