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Court Rules GPL Doesn't Violate Antitrust Laws

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the happy-penguins dept.

unix4reel writes "Internet Cases reports on a new decision from a federal court in Chicago holding that 'the GPL and open-source have nothing to fear from the antitrust laws. The suit was against IBM, Red Hat and Novell, arguing that by distributing Linux for free, they offered products at an unbeatably low price (free), thus discouraging new market entrants and stifling competition. The court took a different view, focusing instead on how the GPL fosters new development."

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  1. just me or by x2A · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    are we gonna be able to reply to posts on this thread? Is it just my comp tha's got a problem? Or are replies to posts not showing up for everyone?

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    1. Re: just me or by OrangeTide · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      @ x2A

      It's not just you. Slashdot has lost it's mind and decided to run things like digg.com in 2005. how very lame.

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