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Does it matter if it's for profit or not? I don't think so. It would still be a copyright violation because it would be an unauthorized duplication. As far as legality goes, there's also the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to consider. Aren't you copying and/or reverse-engineering AOL AIM to duplicate it's functionality? I'm not a lawyer but it sounds like possible cause for concern. In a practical sense nobody would probably care if you wrote it in your garage and only used it yourself but if it got posted as an open source project it might draw attention. Dave qsrvbas@netscape. net To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx@SMTP@CTB cc: 05/19/2004 01:24 Subject: RE: API to AOL AIM from OS/400 PM Please respond to Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@midra nge.com> midrange-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > 10. Re: API to AOL AIM from OS/400 (rick.baird) > >If you get your AIM client up and running, would you be willing to share? >That would be SO cool to have in my (or anyone's for that matter) toolbox! I agree. Wish I had time to resolve the [SRV_CLI_VERIFICATION] problem that more or less eliminates the possibility of simple creating an AS/400 clone. (See, e.g., http://iserverd1.khstu.ru/oscar/snac_01_1f.html for a general description.) I'm not sure I could resolve it. Obviously there have been a couple resolutions already though. In short, this is a request from the AOL server that says "Send me the contents of the memory currently loaded at these addresses in your system." If what you send isn't what's expected, your connection is terminated. The actual request is a random offset into AIM.EXE as it's loaded in Windows memory for a random length. One obvious possibility is simply to store a memory dump of AIM.EXE static memory from Windows in an IFS file, then use that to fulfill the server request. But there's got to be a better way; I suspect that's a copyright violation. Then again, it's not a for-profit copy and it hardly harms AOL's business. Tom Liotta -- Tom Liotta The PowerTech Group, Inc. 19426 68th Avenue South Kent, WA 98032 Phone 253-872-7788 x313 Fax 253-872-7904 http://www.powertech.com __________________________________________________________________ Introducing the New Netscape Internet Service. Only $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp _______________________________________________ This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l.
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