ruphus13 writes "Continuing with its case against MDY (see this slashdot story), Blizzard, the makers of World of Warcraft, have now filed another injunction — preventing the Open Sourcing of Glider source code. From the article, "Blizzard has followed up to their summary judgment with another filing asking for some permanent injunctions, and this is where open source comes in. Along with asking the judge to shut down MDY's servers, forbid further development of the application, and forbid them from helping other bot developers, Blizzard is asking for one more thing: [The] injunction should preclude MDY from releasing the Glider source code to third parties, especially those located abroad and over whom it may be difficult or impossible to gain jurisdiction in the United States.... Some Glider users have suggested on internet forums that MDY provide the Glider source code as "open source" software — free for use." If they win, this will be an important precedent for source code distribution." Link to Original Source
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