http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/feb/18/programmer-cleared-stealing-goldman-sachs
<deleted> During a two-week trial, defence lawyer Kevin Marino told jurors that his client had merely tried to copy parts of the company's software that came from public software code anyway. He acknowledged that Aleynikov had violated the company's confidentiality agreements but argued that was a civil matter. <deleted> A three-judge appeals panel heard arguments on Thursday but the judges gave no indication they would overturn the lower court verdict hours later with a terse, one-paragraph order. The court said it would issue a written ruling "in due course" to explain its decision. <deleted> -- Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN