Interesting reading: analysis of open-source lawsuit

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Interesting reading: analysis of open-source lawsuit

Post by deptrai » Thu Oct 02, 2008 3:36 pm

One of the OSI's lawyers analyzed a lawsuit that has resulted in an important precedent regarding:
* Are open-source license violations contract disputes or copyright infringements?
* Which portions of open-source licenses are conditions and which are covenants?
I found it interesting reading: http://www.rosenlaw.com/BadFactsMakeGoodLaw.pdf

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