Delicious Details of Open Source Court Victory

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."

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So, the article is about cocaine?

[afabbro]

Perens, an expert witness in the case, details the blow by blow, including how developers need to make sure they're using the correct one for legal protection.

Fine editing there, Taco. What exactly does this sentence mean?

• Developers need to us the correct Arabic numeral for legal protection?
• Developers need to use the correct cocaine for legal protection?
• Developers need to use the correct Bruce Perens for legal protection?

Hope College. It shows.

Bad news for Open Source

[Anonymous Coward]

Open Source software has just become outlawed at a LOT OF COMPANIES. I realize that not all open source is that GPL stupidity, but with it still existing in a lot of projects like Linux and Samba, not many companies are going to bother making the distinction and the new policy will be "no open source at all".

Re:Must be something wrong with me

[The End Of Days]

There is something wrong with you - you think only people who think like you are human. It is a fundamental flaw amongst idealists.

So Slashdot is in favor of copyright today?

[bonch]

So Slashdot is in favor of copyright licenses today? Just checking, since in piracy articles, they seem to be vehemently against them.