Many developers were concerned that this decision could lead to a chilling effect on the production of software, opening the door to a torrent of lawsuits - affecting firms of all sizes.
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Even though Hulu came off the auction block last month, Apple might be wary of opening the door to Google.
Chan says that a new generation of scientific tools are opening the door to a new generation of immune system-based treatments.
His behavior reminded Aryeh Zelnik of his own habit, dating back to childhood, of opening every closed door and checking to see what lay hidden behind it.
He was said to have carried a gun with him everywhere, and was extremely cautious when opening the front door of his house, in the town of Forney just outside Dallas.
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What we're talking about here -- the speed of light --is a million times faster, and is opening the door to a complete rethinking of what we mean by, and can do with, photography.
Through Game Design, its newest merit badge, the Boy Scouts of America is opening the door for Scouts to put their creativity to the test.
Longtime critics of the OCC, which oversees national banks, say the U.S. agency has responded too slowly to risky activities, opening the door to some of the reckless behavior that triggered the financial crisis.
Still, nagging obstacles are about to get obliterated, opening the door for wider use of this powerful savings tool.
Bush when three cases were joined, is credited with opening the door for the blizzard of litigation that followed.
Hack-happy geeks take note, Puzzlebox encourages your creative tinkering, so it's made the software open source, opening the door to any number of applications.
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Think of it - a serving British prime minister has promised an in out referendum on Britain's membership of the EU, opening the door to Britain taking powers back from Brussels or leaving the European Union altogether.
"It does, " agreed Waxman, thereby opening the door to a line of argument in which he found himself suggesting--apparently in all seriousness--that U.S. citizens might have to purchase a government-issued, Maxwell Smart-like "cone of silence" before making a speech in a public park.
Apparently, this meant opening the back door to a host of ghouls and goblins who pay extra for the right to co-locate their servers and see the orders of the public in a speed that is somehow faster than real-time.
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This may eventually lead to a merger of Ifil with Fiat, opening the door to an outside investor being brought in to rescue the Fiat Auto division, which is labouring under a heavy dependence on the Italian market, a lack of scale and earlier diversification into difficult emerging markets such as Brazil.
Qataris know the tale of their next door neighbour Dubai, who by opening its arms to the world subsumed traditional Emirati culture in favour of westernisation, and all the vices that came with it.
As cloud-based services become widely available, the door is opening for a host of opportunities and fresh capabilities.
"The most critical door opening for exploration in all of humanity, " is how Aldrin sees the mission's legacy.
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He arrived at the bottom of the stairs just as she was opening the door to the kitchen: Violet.
Women making minor stands on issues such as door opening or men making equally pedantic points of order over these trivial issues simply serves to perpetuate hostility and reduces good grace between the sexes.
That sounds like Bishop Welby is opening the door to what could be future talks with advocates of gay marriage, both from within the Church and wider society.
Excessive fear of the cliff may already be priced into the markets, opening the door for a relief rally when the eventual reality is less severe.
Or maybe, she thought as she stood in the kitchen, opening and closing the dumbwaiter door with one hand, the necessary act of sacrificing one phone for another could be read as a veiled enactment of the sort of ambivalence required for alternating between lovers in the first place.
He crowds the center of the street, swerving into my lane, slowing down, opening his door.
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Mr Cash argued that Britain was "effectively opening the door to very considerable, indeed radical proposals" for the expansion of European criminal law.
"Crimes like selling small amounts of drugs do not just cancel the future of our young people, but lead to social decline in communities, opening the door to illicit activities, " Mr Calderon said in a televised address.
Mr Aydogdu, who admitted opening the door without using his mirror, told police he thought Mr Harding had lost control of the cycle.
This is opening the door to disrupters such as Comviq, in Sweden, which has taken 39% of market share away from the incumbent, Telia, by offering half as many handset features and radically simpler pricing plans.
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