Comments on: Open Source Gets Copyright Protection http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/open-source-gets-copyright-protection/ Upgrade Your Lifestyle Mon, 23 Nov 2009 03:01:37 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: David O http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/open-source-gets-copyright-protection/#comment-57239 David O Sun, 17 Aug 2008 21:17:05 +0000 #comment-57239 It's a big win for open-source software. We've always assumed that copyright law underpins the licenses, and the courts have finally ruled so.<br /> <br /> Nobody enjoys legal "*****-slapping." Most open-source projects in the past have worked with violators to set things right. That shouldn't change going into the future. But when we have companies refusing to acknowledge using FOSS when the evidence proves otherwise, then justice can legitimately be met out in the courts. It's a big win for open-source software. We've always assumed that copyright law underpins the licenses, and the courts have finally ruled so.

Nobody enjoys legal “*****-slapping.” Most open-source projects in the past have worked with violators to set things right. That shouldn't change going into the future. But when we have companies refusing to acknowledge using FOSS when the evidence proves otherwise, then justice can legitimately be met out in the courts.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/open-source-gets-copyright-protection/#comment-57240 Kevin Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:52:06 +0000 #comment-57240 Well isn't this something... so now the open-source industry can enjoy the bitterness of corporate *****-slapping of copyright infringements... Like we haven't had enough of this crap. Well isn't this something… so now the open-source industry can enjoy the bitterness of corporate *****-slapping of copyright infringements… Like we haven't had enough of this crap.

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