The Open Source Yoga Unity (OSYU) is using open source laws to prevent Bikram Choudry from copyrighting his form of yoga. Because Bikram has written books about his method for yoga, he is attempting to prevent others from using any part of his method of performing yoga routines in a hot room.
However, OSYU contends that Bikram is attempting to copyright forms that are thousands of years old and should therefore be in the public domain. Thus, the group is using the same open source laws, such as those in the software industry, which state that anything in the public domain can be freely used by anyone.
Source: NewsTarget
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