[wplug] Open source withstands antitrust scrutiny

[David Ostroske]

On 11/9/06, Zach <netrek at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.internetcases.com/archives/2006/11/open_source_wit.html
>
> The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has issued an
> opinion in which Judge Easterbrook declares, "[t]he GPL and
> open-source have nothing to fear from the antitrust laws." The case is
> called Wallace v. IBM., No. 06-2454. [1] Internet Cases covered the
> lower court's decision from last December here [2].
[...]

Geez, I didn't realize that this Daniel Wallace nutjob was still
around. I first heard about him on Groklaw when he sued the FSF, and
lost, big-time. It was a big thing because it was the first time that
the GPL was upheld in court.
http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20060320201540127

Thanks for passing this on, Zach.

-- 
David Ostroske <eksortso at gmail.com>