Advocates of open source software have hailed a court ruling protecting its use even though it is given away free.
The US federal appeals court move overturned a lower court decision involving free software used in model trains that a hobbyist put online. The court has now said conditions of an agreement called the Artistic Licence were enforceable under copyright law. "For non-lawgeeks, this won't seem important but this is huge," said Stanford Law Professor Larry Lessig. "In non-technical terms, the Court has held that free licences set conditions on the use of copyrighted work. When you violate the condition, the licence disappears, meaning you're simply a copyright infringer. "This is a very important victory." By Maggie Shiels, Technology reporter, BBC News Read the complete story here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7561943.stm -- No Microsoft products were used in the preparation or transmission of this message. Russell John | Bangladesh Linux Users Alliance 1024D/91F003D2 | (+88) 0161-Russell | http://russelljohn.info -- ubuntu-bd mailing list ubuntu-bd@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bd
