Open Source Code On Firmer Ground After Jacobsen Ruling
Good news for open source. A U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision has upheld the binding provisions of open source licenses. The decision in Jacobsen vs. Katzer was issued Wednesday. Until then it wasn't clear "whether a court of law would regard an open source license as being capable of imposing enforceable copyright restrictions on the use of computer code."
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