Re: Re: OODL: licensing issues

[DeRobertis]

At 10:54 PM -0400 on 5/2/99, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>In a message dated 5/2/99 9:46:27 PM, you wrote:
>
>> Alain : Here's a controversial proposition for solving the MC-engin
>> licencing issue. Install a web robot in the MC-engin that acts like a
>> homing-pigeon e.g. the robot would notify MetaCard of licence
>> violations thru the WWW.
>
>MP0werd: That would be a violation of the law. I'm not sure which law (I 
>think it's an invasion of privacy, no application should give out information 
>without the user's consent via the web),

It's probably illegal in Europe with that data access law. I'm not sure about the US, 
though. It's probably illagal in some states. And probably in quite a few countries.

>It would end up bad publicity, and 
>someone would make a patch to disable the robot.

It'd end up worse than bad publicity.