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18 August 2008

Open source community welcomes CAFC ruling

Ryan Pasquale, New York

Violation of an open source licence can be considered copyright infringement, according to a ruling last week by the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC)

The ruling overturns a previous decision of the District Court for the Northern District of California.




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