Just an update for everyone.  I have contacted the author of SlimServMon
once again and have politely attempted to work something out with being
able to release my widget & keep both of us happy.  His response was
polite as well, but he maintains that he holds rights to his
intellectual property & would not take a look at my code as it might
indicate I have rights to any part of his code.  So unfortunately I am
not able to release my version of the widget to anyone because I had
previously viewed code to SlimServMon to do the original updates/fixes.
I cannot take a chance of this code getting released to anyone &
getting in any further disputes with the author & am TRULY sorry to
anyone who has waited over 6 months for an update for SlimServMon.  I
know if I was the author I would not allow that to happen.  The
SlimServMon author has told me development is still ongoing & the
project has not been abandoned.

I would like to make a suggestion:  Anyone with *some* level of
HTML/JavaScript knowledge code a version of the widget themselves
*without* looking at any code in SlimServMon.  The SlimServer XML
interface is well documented & it's really not a hard application to
code from scratch if you have reviewed basic Konfabulator widget
tutorials & possibly looked at some sample programs.  I'll even send
you the control panel graphics that I intended to use in my widget
(play, pause, stop & skip buttons).  This way the author cannot claim
any type of infringement on his software & the community will have
something that works & which (hopefully) can be modified by other users
openly & without such restricted copyright terms.

Lastly, I have learned from all of this that if I ever get the notion
to fix something that someone else has written, it's best to email them
first & find out if they would allow you to post modified code & if not
you always have the option of writing the application yourself as long
as you haven't previously viewed/modified their code.


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