SFLC Files Amicus Brief in Jacobsen v. Katzner

Today, SFLC filed brief amicus curiae in the case, Jacobsen v. Katzer
before the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC).  In the brief,
SFLC argues that a Free, Libre, and Open Source Software (FLOSS) developer
whose license has been violated should be able to call upon the courts to
prevent further infringing distributions.

In an earlier appeal, the CAFC correctly upheld the availability of
copyright remedies in cases of FLOSS license violations.  However, upon
remand, the lower court held that Jacobsen had not shown sufficient harm
to qualify for an injunction against the defendant. That decision
overlooked the multitude of harms -- to developers, development
communities, and project productivity -- which we outline in our brief.

The CAFC recognized in the prior appeal that injunctions are essential to
enforcing FLOSS licenses, and we are confident that it will do so again.
You can find read the brief (in HTML, PDF and/or Postscript) at:
    http://www.softwarefreedom.org/resources/2009/jacobsen-am...

and listen to a special episode of the Software Freedom Law Show (mp3 and
ogg) that discusses the brief:

     http://www.softwarefreedom.org/podcast/2009/jun/15/jacobs...


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