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advee77extended discussion about whether the decision is good or bad for copyright reformers.
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y campbellImportant clarity and certainty by a critically important US Court.
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Michel Bauwensthe 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
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Internet FreedomIn non-technical terms, the Court has held that free licenses such as the CC licenses set conditions (rather than covenants) on the use of copyrighted work. When you violate the condition, the license disappears, meaning you're simply a copyright infringe
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M GFederal Circuit upholds conditions in free (open source) copyright licenses
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