Legal milestone for open source
Posted by michael in Copyright, Creative Commons, Intellectual Property, Open Source at August 16th, 2008
Advocates of open source software have hailed a court ruling protecting its use even though it is given away free.
The US federal appeals court move overturned a lower court decision involving free software used in model trains that a hobbyist put online.
Source: Maggie Shiel, Technology reporter, BBC News, Silicon Valley
