Legal Opinion
Jacobsen v. Katzer
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 13, 2008No. 2008-1001PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOCHBERG, District Judge.
We consider here the ability of a copyright holder to dedicate certain work to free public use and yet enforce an “open source” copyright license to control the future distribution and modification of that work. Appellant Robert Jacobsen (“Ja-cobsen”) appeals from an order denying a motion for preliminary injunction. Jacobsen v. Katzer, No. 06-CV-01905 JSW, 2007 WL 2358628 (N.D.Cal. Aug. 17, 2007). Ja-cobsen holds a copyright to computer pro gramming code. He makes that code available for public download from a website without a financial fee pursuant to the Artistic…
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