Court says copyrights apply even for free software

Friday, August 15, 2008 - 06:49 in Mathematics & Economics

(AP) -- In a crucial win for the free software movement, a federal appeals court has ruled that even software developers who give away the programming code for their works can sue for copyright infringement if someone misappropriates that material.

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