Disclaimer: IANAL On Fri, Apr 05, 2002, Guido van Rossum wrote: > >>> I have a version that allows searching the docs by utilizing >>> google.com, but unfortunately google license prohibits querying >>> google from a program :( >> >> Is that so ? > > I think it is. Read http://www.google.com/terms_of_service.html Now that I've read the entire thing, I have to agree that it's stricter than the little snippet posted earlier... >> If yes, then we'll have to remove scripts/google.py from >> the Python distro. > > I don't think so -- the google.py code doesn't read the Google output, > it tells your browser to read it. Big difference. (urlopen(), on the > other hand, would be a no-no.) ...but I disagree with your assertion about urlopen() -- as long as the output gets rendered directly by a browser-like interface for on-line interactive human use, I believe there's no contravention of the ToS. (If your assertion were correct, one wouldn't be able to write a browser in Python. ;-) -- Aahz (aahz@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "There are times when effort is important and necessary, but this should not be taken as any kind of moral imperative." --jdecker
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