http://bartgdev.com/articles_controller.rb/tag?tag=artisticaggreement en-us 40 <b>Dev</b>eloping well <b>dev</b>ised applications <style> .opensource img {border: 1px solid #ccc; padding: 5px } .opensource img:hover {border: 1px solid green; } </style> <p><a class='opensource' href='http://opensource.org/'><img src='http://opensource.org/files/garland_logo.png' style='float:right; margin:5px;' /></a> </p> <p>The verdict was simple... just because you decide to give your work away for free, does not mean anyone can take it from you, and use it in a way which you did not allow. Thank you <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_Wall'>Larry Wall</a> for the original Artistic Licence</a>. </p> <p>Essentially, Robert Jacobsen (plaintiff) proved that Matthew Katzer and Kamind Associates Inc. (Defendants) violated his Artistic License Agreement, under which he published his Java Model Train Interface (JMTI), when they <b>unlawfully</b> used his code in their own commercial venture. Now this does not mean that you can't make money off of OpenSource projects, notably Apple's <a href='http://http://www.apple.com/macosx/technology/unix.html/'>OSX</a> (via <a href='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_UNIX_Specification'>Unix</a>) and <a href='http://www.redhat.com/'>Red Hat</a> (via <a href='http://www.linux.org/'>Linux</a>). What it does means is that the family of open source licenses are legally protected under the US copyright laws. </p> <p>This is truly great news. Fundamentally, I think it shows that ideas, passion, and collaboration drive innovation, not profit.</p> <u>Entire US Federal Appeals Court Ruling</u> <ul> <li><a href='http://www.cafc.uscourts.gov/opinions/08-1001.pdf'>018-1001.pdf</a> (64.2 Kb) </ul> <u>The Headlines</u><br> <ul> <li><a href='http://news.slashdot.org/news/08/08/13/1857241.shtml'>slashdot.org</a> </li> <li><a href='http://www.itwire.com/content/view/20072/1141/'>itwire.com</a> </li> <li><a href='http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7561943.stm'>bbc.co.uk</a> </li> </ul> <u>The OpenSource hi<i>story</i></u> <ul> <li><a href='http://opensource.org/'>http://opensource.org/</a> </li> </ul> Tue, 19 Aug 2008 01:01:00 -0500 urn:uuid:4dac6ea1-3cf5-4f96-950d-3c1134a6f6f6 Bart http://bartgdev.com/articles/2008/08/19/opensource-does-not-mean-no-copyright Thoughts opensource copyright court rulling artisticaggreement