Linux Online Advertisement
[ Register ]

[ Applications ]
[ Documentation ]
[ Distributions ]
[ Download Info ]
[ General Info ]
[ Book Store ]

Advertisement

[ Courses ]
[ News ]
[ People ]
[ Hardware ]
[ Vendors ]
[ Projects ]
[ Events ]
[ User Groups ]
[ User Area ]

Linux Kernel Development

[ About Us ]
[ Home Page ]
[ Advertise ]

How GPL fits in with the future of antitrust regulation

Publication:CNETDate:Nov 23 2006
Reporter:Eric J. Sinrod

Advertisement
The "GPL and open-source have nothing to fear from the antitrust laws," declared the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit recently. That was in response to a federal complaint charging IBM, Red Hat and Novell with conspiring to thwart competition in the operating-system market by providing Linux free of charge under the GNU General Public License. The appeals court affirmed the dismissal of the complaint.


Comments: feedback (at) linux.org
Advertising: banners (at) linux.org
Copyright Linux Online Inc.
Compilation ©1994-2008 Linux Online, Inc.
All rights reserved.