FSF: Judge won't dismiss alleged GPL violation: Why this matters

Last month LWN pointed to an article about the Artifex v. Hancom case, in which Hancom used Artifex's Ghostscript in its office product. The Free Software Foundation looks at the case and the recent ruling. "On the latter, the judge found that the business model of Artifex indicated a loss of revenue, but also noted that harm could be found even where money isn't involved. The judge, quoting a prior case, noted that there are 'substantial benefits, including economic benefits, to the creation and distribution of copyrighted works under public licenses that range far beyond traditional license royalties.' While not [dispositive], this last note is particularly interesting for many free software developers, who generally share their work at no cost."

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