I think, the legal obligations only apply when using the official documentation. Reverse engineered compatibility should not be affected.
Am Mittwoch 20 April 2011, 22:22:52 schrieb Elena: > Hi all! > > My name is Elena, I'm one of LeechCraft project (www.leechcraft.org) > contributors. > Recently we found out that ICQ protocol had been opened for alternative > clients. That means that any non commercial use must be according to > ICQ Developer Agreement > (http://www.icq.com/legal/icq_developer_network_agreement.html). > The official specs of protocol also will be available after signing (that's > what we need for LeechCraft). > > Besides, there is limit for daily connecting users: not more than 300 000. > Otherwise, developers should contact to ICQ for "Licensed Partner > Application". (See Clause 4 here: > http://www.icq.com/legal/guidelines_for_connecting_to_the_ICQ_network.html) > . Or ICQ can prevent connections in case of limit exceed. > > May be Kopete Development Team can comment this? > Would you also sign Developer Agreement or will ignore it? > > And also how was ICQ in Kopete realized from the very begining? Without any > specs from ICQ? > > Thank you in advance _______________________________________________ kopete-devel mailing list kopete-devel@kde.org https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kopete-devel
