On 1/9/06, Chris Howie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andrew Donnellan wrote: > > I think that you could package the software, but it wouldn't be very > > useful as anyone who uses it is violating the TOS. But if you can > > create a server package for it, it would have a legitimate use as a > > client for a server that just happens to use the same protocols as > > Yahoo does. > > But couldn't you consider a TCP port to be an interface to their service?
Not an interface that Yahoo provides. More an interface that Yahoo uses internally. > > > There may be loopholes in the TOS, but I wouldn't take too many > > chances, especially not with Yahoo. > > Again, this project has been alive and running for two years, and Yahoo! > definately knows about it. I've seen other people do nasty things with them > and have their accounts swiftly deleted, so it has to say something that > they've left me along for so long. And that doesn't say anything about the future. The project *may* be threatened later, which is why people ask us on this list *before* they get threatened. Andrew > > -- > Chris Howie > http://www.chrishowie.com > > -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- > Version: 3.1 > GCS/IT d-(--) s:- a--->? C++(+++)$> UL++++ P++++$ L+++>++++ E--- > W++ N o++ K? w--$ O M- V- PS--(---) PE++ Y+ PGP++ t+ 5? X- > R(+)>- tv-(--) b- DI+> D++ G>+++ e>++ h(--)>--- !r>+++ y->+++ > ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ > > > -- Andrew Donnellan http://andrewdonnellan.com http://ajdlinux.blogspot.com Jabber - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------- Member of Linux Australia - http://linux.org.au Debian user - http://debian.org Get free rewards - http://ezyrewards.com/?id=23484 OpenNIC user - http://www.opennic.unrated.net