If you give something away for free, can you still control it's use? Last week, a federal court said yes, at least if you're a computer software designer, and what you're giving away is Open Source code. With Open Source software powering everything from ATM machines to TiVos to the ever-popular web-browser Firefox, Tech Today looks at this legal decision which some say helps Open Source software 'be true to its roots' as serving the common good.
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Open Source Software: A Ground-breaking Legal Case
Listen Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008 at 12:06 p.m. in Law, Science, Tech Tuesday, Technology
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James Boyle
Chair of the Board, Creative Commons; also The William Neal Reynolds Professor of Law, Duke University Law School; and author of forthcoming "The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind (Yale)
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