Finally a higher court in the US has ruled that the Artistic Licence is not a contract, and that use of FOSS software is subject to complying by the terms of a normal copyright. The ruling is also worth reading as it makes a number of strong points about FOSS in general.
Mark Radcliffe's blog at: http://lawandlifesiliconvalley.blogspot.com/2008/08/major-victory-for-open-source-in.html Groklaw posting: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=2008081313212422 Regards, -- Raju -- Raj Mathur [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kandalaya.org/ GPG: 78D4 FC67 367F 40E2 0DD5 0FEF C968 D0EF CC68 D17F PsyTrance & Chill: http://schizoid.in/ || It is the mind that moves _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
