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by Simon
Fri Jun 02, 2006 9:01 pm
Forum: Adium
Topic: Legal question about connecting to IM protocols
Replies: 14
Views: 4977

Thank you very much!

This straightened out a couple of things for me. However I've found a couple of issues from AIM developer license agreement that is kind of disturbing. "# Developers are not permitted to build Custom Clients that are multi-headed or interoperable with other IM networks." This sounds like i...
by Simon
Fri Jun 02, 2006 7:13 pm
Forum: Adium
Topic: Legal question about connecting to IM protocols
Replies: 14
Views: 4977

That's the protocol, not the service...

they have no legal authority to prevent people from reverse-engineering their protocol. That's why they have to keep changing things to lock people out. Yes, that's right but wont they have a legal authority to prevent me from connecting to their "service" i.e. their servers if I'm not us...
by Simon
Fri Jun 02, 2006 3:06 pm
Forum: Adium
Topic: Legal question about connecting to IM protocols
Replies: 14
Views: 4977

So are we legal?

Ok, so in theory both an Adiumx-user and a Trillian user might not be legal when using the protocols that connects to the networks that legally dont allow it?

Have anyone any info on when the last time the tried to enforce this?
by Simon
Fri Jun 02, 2006 4:01 am
Forum: Adium
Topic: Legal question about connecting to IM protocols
Replies: 14
Views: 4977

Legal question about connecting to IM protocols

Hello, I'm trying to straight out the legal mattera the regarding to using an application like Adium or Miranda and connecting to proprietary services like AIM, MSN or Yahoo. Some protocol restricts only commerical access to their serivice while other ones, like AIM don't allow for mobile access. Fo...