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Copyright Protection Problems For OSS Project

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the copy-wrong dept.

An anonymous reader writes "There's a federal case in the Northern District of California where copyright for open source is being challenged. The free software project JMRI discovered that a commercial company was using some of their files in a product, in violation of the license. They added a copyright claim to an ongoing legal action about cybersquatting, software patent abuse, etc. The patent case was covered on Slashdot back in June but the copyright part is new. The other side came back with an argument that copyright law didn't apply, simply because they software was 'being given away for free.'"

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  1. Re:Already a $30,000 miscarriage of justice by QuantumG · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Oh do fuck off. If you threaten me with legal action, AND YOU ARE WRONG, you have to expect that you will AT LEAST have to pay my legal fees to defend myself. Jesus.

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  2. Re:Already a $30,000 miscarriage of justice by QuantumG · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Because this is all civil crap.. as the person filing the lawsuit you're disturbing the peace. Why can't you just live and let live? There's no need for justice here. He didn't stab your granny, he copied your work, get over it. If you suffered a loss then yes, you've gotta pay to regain that loss from him. This idea of yours of having some "free" lawyer that the government pays for really really stinks.. you're basically saying that you want the rest of us to look out for your interests. You wanna sue? You wanna tie up the courts with your personal grievancies? You pay, not me.

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