An interesting implication is buried in all of this. FACT: http://apiwiki.twitter.com/Terms-of-Service states: "Please give us a nod in your app, perhaps by including one of these stylish "Powered by Twitter" badges", which I read as "If ya use the API you must acknowledge twitter."
FACT: The letter from twitter's lawyers states: "stop all use of ... the TWITTER mark", which I read as "Ya can't use the word twitter in your application or on your website". IMPLICATION: No one can use the API !!! I guess we should all pack up and move on. Jim On Aug 11, 10:13 pm, Larry Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > As others have pointed out, this isn't a lawsuit. That aside, Twitter > announced some time ago that they were not comfortable with people > using their name as part of the name of their product > (http://blog.twitter.com/2009/07/may-tweets-be-with-you.html) > , so it seems odd that you would be surprised by this. > > Regardless, you'll get little sympathy from me. Your application > encourages many of the behaviors most twitter users find annoying. The > Twitter ecosystem is frankly better off without it. > > Larry Wrighthttp://larrywright.me > > On Aug 11, 2009, at 9:48 PM, Dean Collins wrote: > > > Any other developer being sued by Twitter today? > > > If so give me a call – feel free to tweet outwww.MyTwitterButler.com/I > > ’m_Being_Sued to anyone you want – looking forward to the press > > having a field day with this. > > > Regards, > > Dean Collins > > [email protected] > > +1-212-203-4357 New York > > +61-2-9016-5642 (Sydney in-dial). > > +44-20-3129-6001 (London in-dial).
