"Jacobsen vs Katzer is closed, after 5 years. Open Source won, and
big. A manufacturer who attempted to collect royalties from an Open
Source developer has lost 2 patents. As terms of his settlement with
the developer, the manufacturer is paying $100,000 to the Open
Source developer, has agreed to place himself under a permanent
injunction, and has signed a release of any liability to all members
of the Open Source project. The case was not sealed like so many
settled cases, so its documents are available to the public now."
Link:
http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/features/article.php/3866316/Bruce-Perens-Inside-Open-Sources-Historic-Victory.htm
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Bharathi S