Ran Ari-Gur schreef:
I am not a lawyer, but just *using* the API (as a
client) doesn't
require any GPL'd code. You'd have problems if:
- You're *incorporating* the API (as a server) into your proprietary
application.
- You're using GPL'd client code. (Instead, you'll have to either
write your own client code, or find existing client code that isn't
GPL'd. If you have client code that you want to use, but it's GPL'd,
it may have a single copyright holder, in which case you can contact
him/her and see if (s)he's willing to cross-license his/her code to
you, perhaps for a fee.)
I'm not a lawyer either, but I agree with the above.
The way I see it,
there's no real difference between a proprietary program getting a list
through the API or someone using a proprietary browser to view the same
list in a browser on a Special: page. Since the second is obviously
allowed, the first should be too.
Roan Kattouw (Catrope)