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Major legal victory for open source in US
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| The long running case of Jacobsen v. Katzer
| has been settled on terms favourable to
| Jacobsen, a developer of the Java Model
| Railroad Interface project. The case came
| about when Katzer incorporated Jacobsen's code
| into it's proprietary model trail software,
| after deleting the copyright notices that
| existed in the code.
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http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Major-legal-victory-for-open-source-in-US-936089.html
A Big Victory for F/OSS: Jacobsen v. Katzer is Settled
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| A long running case of great significance to
| the legal underpinnings of free and open
| source/open source software (F/OSS) has just
| settled on terms favorable to the F/OSS
| developer. The settlement follows a recent
| ruling by a U.S. Federal District Court judge
| that affirmed several key rights of F/OSS
| developers under existing law.
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| That case is Jacobsen v. Katzer, and the
| settlement documents were filed in court just
| after 9:00 AM this morning. Links to each of
| them can be found later in this blog entry.
| The brief background of the case, the legal
| issues at stake, and the settlement details
| are as follows.
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| The software underlying such an important
| legal dispute is almost charmingly
| inconsequential from a commercial point of
| view - model railroad software. But to the
| litigants, the stakes were high relative to
| their resources and their commitment to that
| niche. The plaintiff, Robert Jacobsen, is a
| software developer member of the Java Model
| Railroad Interface (JMRI) Project, and the
| defendant, Matthew Katzer, is the owner of a
| proprietary vendor of model train software
| called KAMIND associates, d/b/a KAM
| Industries.
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http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=201002190850472
Jacobsen and FOSS Community Win Big in Jacobsen v. Katzer Settlement
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| The lawsuit is dismissed with prejudice (i.e.
| the case cannot be refiled by either party).
| This case is an excellent resolution for the
| FOSS community and the lawyers for Jacobsen
| should be congratulated for their hard work
| and success.
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http://lawandlifesiliconvalley.com/blog/?p=405
Recent:
The Software Freedom Law Show
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| Karen and Bradley discuss the SFLC's amicus brief in the Jacobsen v. Katzer
| with their colleague, Aaron Williamson.
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http://www.softwarefreedom.org/podcast/2009/jun/15/jacobsen-amicus-brief/
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