--- Rob Shortt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escreveu: > Dirk Meyer wrote: > > So back to apple. We have three choices now: > > > > 1. Ignore the terms of use and include it (I don't like this at > all) > > I don't like that one either, it could bring an unwanted kind of > attention and trouble.
Yes. > > 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. > > I think we should try this first. Am I wrong in thinking that Freevo > is > becomming a "killer-app"? If we could get the cooperation of large > content providers in particular this could be a really great thing > and perhaps set a precedent. We can also send screenshots to them, state that we work on FreeBSD and ask if they would support us :) It's a possibility! and i think if we explicity say that we load movies from apple.com/traillers, they will not be against us... > > > 3. Don't include the plugin in cvs. Maybe add a link to external > > plugins. > > Well if number 2 fails then we should take this route. :) Web site > content and 'scrapers' are a grey area. I didn't accept a licence > agreement by going to their site. If companies want to restrict > access > to a site that is wide open to the internet they should do so by > technical means, that is the only way IMO. If apple can't give > "permission" (which they are giving us anyway by having this stuff > available on a non-protected web site) then there is no way at all > that > we can stop someone else from developing Freevo plugins and hosting > them > on another site. I think the next code I'll do for Freevo is the plugin installation thing, together with a plugin to update and download more plugins, just like apt-get/emerge :) Vacation is near! ;) Gustavo Yahoo! Mail - o melhor webmail do Brasil http://mail.yahoo.com.br ------------------------------------------------------- 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
