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[Sheflug] Court has held that free licences set conditions on the use of copyrighted work

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From: Richard Ibbotson <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2008 10:34:44 +0100
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Hi

Might interest someone out there......

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7561943.stm

"  Advocates of open source software have hailed a court ruling 
protecting its use even though it is given away free.
The U.S. federal appeals court move overturned a lower court decision 
involving free software used in model trains that a hobbyist put 
online. "


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Richard

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