OT: Thanks!

[Aaron J. Seigo]

On October 19, 2009, Thomas Olsen wrote:
> On 19/10-2009 21:06 "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo at kde.org> wrote:
> > On October 17, 2009, Thomas Olsen wrote:
> > > On 17/10-2009 12:07 Thomas Olsen <tanghus at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > On 17/10-2009 06:18 "Aaron J. Seigo" <aseigo at kde.org> wrote:
> > > > > (do you know if the the Yahoo! legal terms for the service allow
> > > > > redistribution of software that uses it? always on the look out for
> > > > > more services we can use and widgets we can ship that use them ;)
> > > >
> > > > Must admit that I - like most other people - have a tendency to skip
> > > > legal terms when reading documentation. I'll have a closer look at
> > > > it.
> > >
> > > http://finance.yahoo.com/badges/tos
> > >
> > > I'm really bad at reading such stuff...
> >
> > only good for "your own noncommercial use or benefit" and they may not be
> > reproduced or "unbundled". so as long as aren't selling the data or using
> >  it as a feature in a service we are selling and keep the attribution
> >  information (which happens to include ads in this case, apparently) then
> >  it's ok. but attribution is required
> 
> "You also understand and agree that the Yahoo! Services *may* (my emphasis)
> include advertisements and that these advertisements are necessary for
>  Yahoo! to provide the Yahoo! Services". Well this service returns a text
>  string and no ads - so...
> And there's an attribution link directly to their browser based service. Or

probably would need to provide access to the attribution link in the results 
(we do this for other services we use, e.g. BBC Weather) ...

> >  .. and the non-commercial bits may be
> >  a problem for KDE distributors who sell their product for a profit.
> 
> You're right. But if the widgets aren't directly shipped with the product
>  but accessible (GHNS) then it should be OK - or?

yes, should be fine.

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Aaron J. Seigo
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