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Delicious Details of Open Source Court Victory

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the tooting-his-horn dept.

jammag writes "Open source advocate Bruce Perens tells the inside story of the recently concluded Jacobsen v. Katzer court case, in which an open source developer was awarded $100,000. Perens, an expert witness in the case, details the blow by blow, including how developers need to make sure they're using the correct open source license for legal protection. The actual court ruling is almost like some kind of Hollywood movie ending for Open Source, with the judge unequivocally siding with the underfunded open source developer."

4 of 202 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Programmers writing licenses by nomadic · · Score: 2, Funny

    Interesting to note that two of the slashdot stories for today are programmers giving legal analyses of cases...

  2. Re:Bad news for Open Source by mqduck · · Score: 3, Funny

    Aww, such a cute little troll. Yes you are. Yes you are! Does my little Trolly need attention?

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    Property is theft.
  3. Re:Yay! by mike260 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeeeesssss...I'm seeing Matt Damon as the earnest geek who refuses to back down, James Gandolfini as the litigious scumbag, and Brent Spiner as Bruce Perens.

  4. Re:A few corrections to the preface here at Slashd by Toonol · · Score: 2, Funny

    "This code is free to redistribute, so long as no mention of the author is made. Leaving the credits attached will revoke the license."