[NetBehaviour] Bruce Perens: Inside Open Source's Historic Victory.

[marc garrett]

Bruce Perens: Inside Open Source's Historic Victory.

About the Author: Bruce Perens, creator of the Open Source Definition, 
the manifesto of Open Source and the criterion for Open Source software 
licensing, was an expert witness in the Jacobsen v. Katzer court case. 
He tells the story of the legal wrangling that produced a historic 
victory for Open Source:

Jacobsen v. Katzer is closed, after five years. Open Source won, and 
big. A manufacturer who attempted to collect royalties from an Open 
Source developer has lost two patents. As terms of his settlement with 
the developer, the manufacturer is paying $100,000 to the Open Source 
developer, has agreed to place himself under a permanent injunction, and 
has signed a release of any liability to all members of the Open Source 
project. The case was not “sealed” like so many settled cases, so its 
documents are available to the public now.

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