What language is it made in? 2009/10/15 Oliver Baker <[email protected]>
> Hi All, > I have good news!!! > > Pamela has allowed me to continue developing and displaying my application > using its current "Scrapping" method until the API comes out. > > I have put the Application back on Google Code and will shortly be > releasing an update which fixes the Proxy Authentication issue. > > Thanks, > Oliver Baker > > On Thu, Oct 15, 2009 at 11:38 AM, kim3er <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >> Thanks for clearing that up, I was a bit taken back by the use of the >> word illegal for scraping websites. I suspect that we will start to >> see the nature of scraping change in the near future as websites >> become the API. Pages written in valid XHTML/HTML 5 with meaningful >> naming conventions (like micro formats). I don't think scraping can be >> a dirty word anymore. But I can understand the need for a company like >> Google to control where and how the bandwidth is used. >> >> Rich >> >> On Oct 14, 4:11 am, "pamela (Google Employee)" <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Sure, good point, let me clarify, though please keep in mind that I'm >> not a >> > lawyer... >> > >> > According to the Google Wave terms of use, it is not permitted to >> "modify, >> > adapt, translate, or reverse engineer any portion of the Service unless >> > expressly authorized". In Oliver's prototype, he essentially reverse >> > engineered the client display mechanism to extract the content. You can >> read >> > more of the policies at: >> http://wave.google.com/help/wave/program_policies.html >> > >> > Once we have an API to let you programmatically extract the content -- >> which >> > is something we're working on -- then that API could be used to build >> this >> > prototype without having to reverse engineer. Another thing to consider, >> > more in the wave protocol effort, would be a client/server protocol -- >> but >> > things are early there at the moment. >> > >> > - pamela >> > >> > On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Joe Developer < >> [email protected]>wrote: >> > >> > >> > >> > > On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 7:42 AM, pamela (Google Employee) < >> > > [email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > >> Hey Oliver- >> > >> I responded to you offline, but will also respond here to keep the >> thread >> > >> in the forum. >> > >> > >> I assumed that was how you were doing this, but wanted to give you a >> > >> chance to explain. It is generally considered illegal to "scrape" the >> HTML >> > >> of webpages that do not grant explicit permission for that. That is >> why >> > >> webpages provide APIs- so that developers can legally use content. >> > >> > >> Really? Generally considered illegal? I would appreciate a link that >> > > documents such a finding. I would imagine that google search results >> would >> > > be fairly sparsely populated if they could only include those pages >> that >> > > include explicit permission for google to scrape. >> > >> > > I would advise on waiting until we offer some sort of Google data API >> to >> > >> distribute a program like this. >> > >> > >> - pamela >> > >> > >> On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 8:27 AM, Oliver Baker <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > >> > >>> How dare you Andrey! >> > >> > >>> I do not store any of your information what so ever excluding the >> last >> > >>> Wave server you selected. >> > >> > >>> Any Login information you enter is immediatly put into the Google >> Wave >> > >>> Login page to log the application into the Google Wave login page. >> > >> > >>> To enter your login details on Version 2 (Sorry I made this a little >> > >>> stupidly) you will need to left click on the Notify Icon or right >> > >>> click the icon, go into the Waves item, then click the login to see >> > >>> your waves button. >> > >> > >>> Also, make sure you have Google Chrome Frame installed on your >> > >>> computer for this to work. I am still working out the bugs. >> > >> > >>> On Oct 14, 10:07 am, Andrey Fedorov <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >>> > Uhoh, I hope you guys are at least running antivirus as you run >> exe's >> > >>> you >> > >>> > downloaded online? >> > >>> > - Andrey >> > >> > >>> > On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Scott Breakall < >> [email protected]> >> > >>> wrote: >> > >> > >>> > > I've downloaded the exe, but am I missing something? There's >> nowhere >> > >>> > > for me to enter my wave credentials? >> > >> > >>> > > ~Scott~ >> >> >> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Wave API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-wave-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
