Microsoft Wants to Keep Source Code Closed
am 10.09.2005 von http://lawjustice.blogspot.com
EurActive.com brings a comprehensive article about Microsoft that is taking the European Commission to the European Court of First Instance. Microsoft (legal newsroom) wants to prevent that the source code of its server communication protocols would enter the public domain.
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