> Has anyone been following the Jacobsen v. Katzer issue? It's seems to > indicate that, until now maybe, an open source developer could be sued > if some else decide to make their work into a commercial product.
Read the background story here: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060514233436196 http://jmri.sourceforge.net/k/index.html The court's ruling is discussed here: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2008081313212422 Finally, I'll just observe that an open source developer -- like anybody else -- can be sued by anybody at any time. The question is whether the developer will win or lose in court. (If they're not bankrupted first.....) In this case, however, the *developer* took the lead and sued the commerical vendor because software vendor *stole* and patented some ideas and code that had previously been discussed on public internet sites. The company then sent the open source developer a bill for patent infringement. A nasty case indeed. Stuart ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
