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Kristine1975 ◴[25 Jan 16 16:27 UTC] No.10968039[source]▶

Oracle did something similar with the network protocol of its database driver. Not to prevent copying, but to prevent others from writing their own drivers: http://dacut.blogspot.de/2008/03/oracle-poetry.html

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1. JoshTriplett ◴[25 Jan 16 19:39 UTC] No.10969388[source]▶

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LEGO tried to do the same thing with their Mindstorms SDK.

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