Open-Source License Not Anticompetitive
Date: 12/28/06
Source: The New York Law Journal. Reprinted with permission.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit indicated that a software license obliging the licensee to grant free licenses for improvements did not unreasonably restrain trade. The Supreme Court of Texas upset a jury verdict because there was no evidence that favorable soft drink marketing agreements with a leading supplier had an adverse effect on competition.Open Source License Not Anticompetitive_122806.pdf (pdf | 192.01 KB )