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Re: Time zone database suit withdrawn



On Thu, 23 Feb 2012 23:39:50 +1100 Ben Finney wrote:

> 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.

I agree.

> 
> Big thanks to the EFF for this important victory.

Yes, I also appreciate what the EFF did to achieve this result: it may
turn out being an important precedent...

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