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Re: Time zone database suit withdrawn



Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> writes:

> https://www.eff.org/press/releases/eff-wins-protection-time-zone-database
>
> "It's a fundamental principle of copyright law that facts are not
> copyrightable, and Astrolabe should have known that,"

Great to see a corporation admitting that their litigation was mistaken
From the beginning; such an admission is all too rare.

Big thanks to the EFF for this important victory.

-- 
 \       “The most common of all follies is to believe passionately in |
  `\    the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.” |
_o__)                                                —Henry L. Mencken |
Ben Finney

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