lessig.org — Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (THE "IP" court in the US) has upheld a free (ok, they call them "open source") copyright license, explicitly pointing to the work of Creative Commons and others. (The specific license at issue was the Artistic License.)
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catsceo2Aug 14, 2008
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Closed AccountAug 14, 2008
Darl McBride sucks
rjw057Aug 15, 2008
This ruling is a real step forward in assisting business confidence confirming that OS and CC licencing are legal. Over the past many years there has been much misconception over the legality of these licences and it is about time the Courts clarified where these stand and also to confirm that breach of copyleft is also an offence. We use alot of OSS in our business and it really assists us - with no risk. <a class="user" href="http://www.redballoondays.com.au/">http://www.redballoondays.com.au/</a>
nexuszaAug 15, 2008
Apples and ranges. DirectX is not open-source hence you can't take the actual CODE out of the DirectX API's to use in your own grpahics API. Open Source means you can view the source code that makes the software tick. DirectX is an API meaning developers can use it without seeing its source code to produce graphically intensive software. Your analogy is non-sensical