[General] Important Case Ruling in FOSS

[Burhan Khalid]

" A legal dispute involving model railroad hobbyists has resulted in a 
major courtroom victory for the free software movement also known as 
open-source software.

In a ruling Wednesday, the federal appeals court in Washington said that 
just because a software programmer gave his work away did not mean it 
could not be protected. "

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/14/technology/14commons.html?th&emc=th

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