The results of the JMRI appeal are in, and the court has held that open source licenses, including the Artistic License, are valid copyright limitations, and violations of those conditions provide grounds for suing for infringement.
So there, rjack and Terekhov! :-) <http://jmri.sourceforge.net/k/docket/cafc-pi-1/08-1001.pdf> "Copyright licenses are designed to support the right to exclude; money damages alone do not support or enforce that right. The choice to exact consideration in the form of compliance with the open source requirements of disclosure and explanation of changes, rather than as a dollar-denominated fee, is entitled to no less legal recognition. Indeed, because a calculation of damages is inherently speculative, these types of license restrictions might well be rendered meaningless absent the ability to enforce through injunctive relief." _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
