On Thursday 13 March 2008 16:46:10 Thomas Leitch wrote: > Wrong. It is locked.
Wrong. In the case of "content selection by user agent string" there is precedent. It is probably also valid in the case of "figleaf 'protection' by user agent detection". Reverse engineering for the purpose of creating a compatible client of a publically available service almost certainly takes precedent here. (It is after all one of the few aspects of reverse engineering specifically protected) * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_engineering#Legality (For example, creating a plugin to mozilla to mask as the iPhone for the purposes of interoperability with the BBC website would almost certainly be legal) There are direct parallels here with the BitKeeper debacle (where the heinous haxxor tool was known as "telnet"). Michael. - Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. Unofficial list archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
