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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. Slashdot broken by SoapDish · · Score: 0, Redundant

    For anyone who doesn't know yet, there was a database error, and we can't reply to eachother until it's fixed. It will take a few hours.

    There is a story about it on the main page, please stop asking about it.

  2. Not an unbeatable price. by Aqws · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Free isn't an unbeatably low price. You could always pay people to use your software.:p