On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 12:04:54PM +0200, Dirk Meyer wrote: > The apple plugin violates these terms. What should we do. We had a > similar discussion over a year ago with the IMDB plugin. Someone (IIRC > Aubin) wrote that if we want others to respect our licence (GPL), we > should respect their licence, too. I agree with that. In the IMDB case > someone (don't rememeber who) wrote a mail to IMDB. We got the > permission if we add a copyright and maybe the IMDB logo. That's why > there is a <copyright> in the fxd file and we included imdb in the > splash screen.
I still support that view. In every case the current stuff is done with permission or under fair use rights. Everything from XMLTV to Amazon to IMDB is done with explicit permission. > 1. Ignore the terms of use and include it (I don't like this at all) It's a bad idea. It's the wrong kind of attention for the project I think. As much as it would be convenient (I like watching trailers on my TV) it's not worth getting lawyers after us. > 2. Ask Apple for permission. We could agree to add a special copyright > notice in the menu info area or maybe even an ad in the view > area. Someone needs to ask. Asking Apple maybe hard; they're notoriously hard to deal with in these issues. (And I say this as a Mac user :) > 3. Don't include the plugin in cvs. Maybe add a link to external > plugins. Well, the way I see it, if someone wants to put the plugins somewhere, we can't stop them. The purpose of plugins is to allow people to make addon software easily. Aubin ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. SourceForge.net hosts over 70,000 Open Source Projects. See the people who have HELPED US provide better services: Click here: http://sourceforge.net/supporters.php _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
