Injunction Against Microsoft (excerpt from ruling on various post verdict matters).
Case: Bristol v. Microsoft, U.S. District Court, Conn., Case No. 3:98-CV-1567.
Date: August 31, 2000.
Source: Bristol Technologies, Inc.

Editor's Notes:
 • This excerpt was transcribed from the full ruling of Judge Hall of August 31, 2000, which is published in the Bristol web site in 103 separate GIF files.
 • This transcription eliminates the double spacing, pagination, and indentations of the original.
 • See also, Tech Law Journal Summary of Bristol v. Microsoft and story of September 4, 2000.

1. It is hereby ORDERED that Microsoft, its directors, officers, agents and employees, are enjoined from publishing, distributing or circulating the "WISE Mission Statement" (PX 1), and the portions thereof concerning "Confidence," "Compatibility" or "Consistency" in any format ) e.g. the MSDN or Visual C++), or from making any statement that states, represents or implies: a) that it has licensed under the WISE Program all of the source code of one or more of its current Windows NT or 2000 operating systems: b) that is has licensed use under the WISE Program of its source code to create a cross-platform product for server use; or c) that it intends to do either a) or b) (unless it decides to and takes steps to do so); and,

2. It is further ORDERED that any description of the WISE Program (whether so-called or renamed) by Microsoft, its directors, officers, agents and employees disclose: a) that the current licenses cover only a limited subset of source code for Windows NT 5 (including as renamed Windows 2000); b) that the current licenses do not include a license for server use; and c) that no assurance can be given that Microsoft will in the future license (i) source code to subsequent operating systems or (ii) future product or version releases of the current operating systems that will support any currently licensed technologies.

This order will expire one year after expiration or termination of the last WISE licensing agreement, or upon further order of the court."