BLOG - The Model Train Software Brouhaha Ends: Open Source Wins

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19th February 2010

Sam Dean

" Although some people viewed it as a tempest in a teapot, the long- running legal case Jacobsen v. Katzer stirred up some seminal open source issues "

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Dragon Heart
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That's a nice looking model of a 4DD they used to illustrate the article.

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Jane Sullivan

last few years.

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Chris

This has been effectively a test case for the validity of open source licences, and is highly significant. Mind you, it only came about because some dumb US judge made a ruling a few years back that make no sense whatsoever.

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beamends

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