On Thursday 09 March 2006 00:23, Matt Sicker wrote: > Matt Rogers wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 06, 2006 at 08:59:57PM +0100, Olivier Goffart wrote: > >> Le Lundi 6 Mars 2006 14:48, Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett a écrit : > >>> http://developers.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/03/06/1142235&from=rss > >>> > >>> http://developer.aim.com/ > >>> > >>> "In the near future we will have solutions for LINUX, MAC and Windows > >>> Mobile devices" > >>> > >>> Matt, perhaps you can lobby to make liboscar the official > >>> implementation for Linux? :-) > >> > >> http://developer.aim.com/faq.jsp#aimcc > >> > >> Q: Are there any restrictions on what I can build? > >> A: We tried to make the Open AIM Program as restriction-free as > >> possible, but in order to help protect our network and users, certain > >> rules apply. We have highlighted some below, but please refer to the > >> Developers License Agreement for details. > >> - Developers are not permitted to build Custom Clients that are > >> multi-headed or interoperable with any other IM network. > >> [...] > > > > Yeah, in short, this whole thing about Open AIM is complete crap from > > our point of view. So if anybody that works for AOL is lurking here, > > send me the protocol documenation. :) > > > > -- > > Matt > > > > _______________________________________________ > > kopete-devel mailing list > > kopete-devel@kde.org > > https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kopete-devel > > So, uh, are we allowed to view the code to look for protocol > specifications? We won't need to use their code, just look for > incompatibilities and whatnot. If they tried to sue, I'm sure they > wouldn't have any backing due to interoperability and other stuff.
There is no code for us to look at. All we get are COM interfaces, AFAIK. Not to mention that according to their license, if somebody signs up, and then uses this information for use in an open source client, that person is in violation of the license, which opens up all kinds of legal ramifications. -- Matt _______________________________________________ kopete-devel mailing list kopete-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kopete-devel
