The terms of the Artistic License 1.0 were at issue in Jacobsen v. Katzer in the initial 2009 ruling by the United States District Court for the Northern District of California declared that FOSS-like licenses could only be enforced through contract law rather than through copyright law, in contexts where contract damages would be difficult to establish. On appeal, a federal appellate court "determined that the terms of the Artistic License are enforceable copyright conditions".
The terms of the Artistic License 1.0 were at issue in Jacobsen v. Katzer, a case where the United States District Court for the Northern District of California ruled that FOSS-like licenses could only be enforced through contract law rather than copyright law, and this was based on the difficulty of establishing damages under contract law. On appeal, a federal appellate court determined that the terms of the Artistic License are enforceable copyright conditions.