[nycbug-talk] AIM's new licence is dangerious

[Daniel Gonzalez]

Bob Ippolito wrote:

> On Mar 12, 2005, at 1:26 AM, Marc Spitzer wrote:
>
>> Here is the key bit, it says they effectivly have the right to
>> copy/sell/use everything that goes through their aim software or
>> servers:
>
> ...
>
>> here is the full url:
>>
>> http://www.aim.com/tos/tos.adp
>
>
> Well it also states:
>
> The following terms and conditions apply to all users who either 
> registered for AIM services or downloaded AIM updates or software on 
> or after February 5, 2004. AIM users who do not register for AIM 
> services or download AIM updates or software on or after February 5, 
> 2004 and are members of the Netscape Network will remain bound by 
> Netscape's terms and conditions. All other AIM users are bound by the 
> aol.com terms and conditions.
>
> So a different TOS might apply...
>
> It's not cool either way, though.  Maybe it'll drum up some users for 
> Jabber?  I'm certainly going to be using Jabber a lot more when Apple 
> supports it in a few months.
>
> -bob
>
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The license terms are disturbing...Does Jabber support AIM and YahooIM 
protocols? I didn't know there was a Jabber port for FreeBSD.

Regards
Dan Gonzalez
5ESS Maintenance Engineer
Cablevision Lightpath
dgonzo at optonline dot net