If you missed it last fall GMU’s Zotero project was sued for possible copyright infringement. Kudos to GMU for standing up for their rights, and nice to see that reason prevailed. Strike up one for open source and the power of the commons.
Wired Campus: Judge Dismisses Software-Licensing Case Against George Mason U. – Chronicle.com
A Virginia Circuit Court judge dismissed a lawsuit this morning against George Mason University’s Center for History and New Media. Thomson Reuters Inc. had sued the university in a Virginia court in September for at least $10-million in damages, claiming that Zotero, a free software tool created by the university, made improper use of the company’s EndNote citation software.
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