There's a commonly repeated story that Microsoft's licensing of Spyglass Mosiac required them to pay Spyglass for every copy of IE sold, which of course ended u

There's a commonly repeated story that Microsoft's licensing of Spyglass Mosiac required them to pay Spyglass for every copy of IE sold, which of course ended up being nothing. Not sure how true that is. Oh, here's a wikipedia link with a cite: "By including it free of charge on their operating system, they did not have to pay royalties to Spyglass Inc, resulting in a lawsuit and a US$8 million settlement on January 22, 1997." [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_versions#Early_versions https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_versions#Ear...