Stanford Center for Internet and Society

As reported by Lessig and others, the Federal Circuit vacated and remanded yesterday a ruling by the Northern District of California which denied the copyright claims of an open source software developer for violations of the Artistic License. This is a landmark decision which is likely to influence all types of free licensing, including Creative Commons licenses and the question of enforceability of copyright claims upon violation of free licenses in general. Here are four quick points on the decision:

From the Italian Association for Free Software (Associazione Software Libero) a press release about a case concerning free software and Public Administration

"The Italian Ministry of Work withdraws the call for tenders appealed by the Associazione per il Software Libero (Free Software Association)

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