Kaizenlog

—————————————+
| Blizzard Tries To Forbid Open Sourcing Glider                      |
|   from the keep-that-cat-in-that-bag dept.                         |
|   posted by kdawson on Friday August 01, @11:01 (The Courts)       |
|   http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/01/146228 |
+——————————————————————–+

ruphus13 notes a new development in Blizzard’s case against MDY, which we
[0]discussed last week. Blizzard, the maker of World of Warcraft, has now
requested another injunction — to [1]prevent the open sourcing of Glider
code. Quoting: “Blizzard has asked the court for a relatively
unconventional order prohibiting MDY from making the source code for its
MMO Glider software available to the public, and prohibiting MDY from
helping people develop other World of Warcraft automation software.
Blizzard had previously asked the court to shut down MDY’s WoW operations
in its motion for summary judgment, but the court’s summary judgment
order did not address Blizzard’s request. Blizzard’s requests to prohibit
open-source release of MDY’s software and prohibit MDY’s assistance in
development of independent WoW bots are new to this motion — and seem
likely to raise eyebrows in the open source and digital rights advocacy
camps.”

Discuss this story at:
http://yro.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=08/08/01/146228

Links:
0. http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/07/14/2313247&tid=123
1. http://virtuallyblind.com/2008/07/29/blizzard-seeks-permanent-injunction/