Re: Re: OODL: licensing issues

[MP0werd]

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), but I've heard the idea many times 
before, and it has been struck down for this reason. Plus, any person smart 
enough to have a packet sniffer like OTStreamWatcher would see the 
transmission, and scream bloody murderer. It would end up bad publicity, and 
someone would make a patch to disable the robot.