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> Could it be for trademark / copyright protection? Oracle uses this to connect SQL*Plus client to the database. This way, if you make a client without signing

> Could it be for trademark / copyright protection? Oracle uses this to connect SQL*Plus client to the database. This way, if you make a client without signing one their draconian contracts, they can sue you for infringing the copyrights on the poem.

wbl 6y ago
Nintendo tried that and got slapped down hard.
- bitwize 6y ago
  Sega tried that with trademark law and they got slapped down hard.