Open-Source License Not Anticompetitive
December 28, 2006
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.