Time zone database suit withdrawn

Here's a
press release from the Electronic Frontier Foundation announcing the
end of Astrolabe's lawsuit against the managers of the time zone database
and a covenant not to sue again in the future. 'In a statement,
Astrolabe said, 'Astrolabe's lawsuit against Mr. Olson and Mr. Eggert was
based on a flawed understanding of the law. We now recognize that
historical facts are no one's property and, accordingly, are withdrawing
our Complaint. We deeply regret the disruption that our lawsuit caused for
the volunteers who maintain the TZ database, and for Internet
users.''