>On Tue, Feb 23, 2010 at 6:55 PM, Bharathi Subramanian < [email protected]> >wrote:
> >"Jacobsen vs Katzer is closed, after 5 years. Open Source won, and > >big. A manufacturer who attempted to collect royalties from an Open > >Source developer has lost 2 patents. As terms of his settlement with > >the developer, the manufacturer is paying $100,000 to the Open > >Source developer, has agreed to place himself under a permanent > >injunction, and has signed a release of any liability to all members > >of the Open Source project. The case was not sealed like so many > >settled cases, so its documents are available to the public now." > > Link: > > http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/features/article.php/3866316/Bruce-Perens-Inside-Open-Sources-Historic-Victory.htm Its really nice to read this article....Thanks for sending, forward it to all FOSS lovers. _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
