On Jul 12, 12:55 am, Stefan Behnel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alexnb wrote: > > I am making an app that screen scapes > > dictionary.com for definitions. > > Do they have a policy for doing that? >
>From the Dictionary.com Terms of Use (http://dictionary.reference.com/ help/terms.html): 3.2 You will not modify, publish, transmit, participate in the transfer or sale, create derivative works, or in any way exploit, any of the content, in whole or in part, found on the Site. You will download copyrighted content solely for your personal use, but will make no other use of the content without the express written permission of Lexico and the copyright owner. You will not make any changes to any content that you are permitted to download under this Agreement, and in particular you will not delete or alter any proprietary rights or attribution notices in any content. You agree that you do not acquire any ownership rights in any downloaded content. IANAL, but it seems pretty clear that, unless this content scraper is "solely for your personal use," you'll need to get written permission to include content that you have scraped from Dictionary.com into your app. -- Paul -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
