Federico, I was curious as to how one could legally license a web service (unless it's through an API key that can only be obtained for non-commercial use) as a license does not make much sense for a web services API (a "terms of use" may make sense, not a license). So, I went and looked at the Audioscrobbler Web Services <http://www.audioscrobbler.net/data/webservices/> page and it looks like technically the Audioscrobbler *content* you retrieve through the web service is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License, not the use of the web service itself. I know this probably sounds like a trivial point, but I think it's important. I haven't used Audioscrobbler, but I imagine anyone using the Audioscrobbler API is an Audioscrobbler user who is aware that the content on Audioscrobbler is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License (or at least that it's copyrighted material) and that the API wouldn't give you any special license to this content that you wouldn't otherwise have. Perhaps someone who is an Audioscrobbler user can shed more light on this.
On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 4:37 AM, Federico Cargnelutti < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > A quick question, visiting the Audioscrobbler's site, I found out that the > Web service they provide is for non-commercial use only and it's distributed > under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. No, > this is a bit confusing, people/companies using the > Zend_Service_Audioscrobbler, for example, might be using their service > illegally without knowing it. If that's the case, I might be wrong, a couple > of questions: > > 1. Is this documented somewhere? > 2. What are the requirements, in terms of licensing, when a web service is > proposed? > 3. Are there any other components/services distributed with the Zend > Framework that cannot be used in commercial sites that we need to be aware > of? > > Regards, > Federico. > > > > > -- Bradley Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
