Re: [Gpsbabel-code] Quick patch to remove Groundspeak extensions

[Rick R. <ri...@mn...>]

On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 11:20:29PM -0500, Ron Parker wrote:
> At 06:20 PM 9/21/2004, Rick Richardson wrote:
> 
> >Don't wanna violate the new TOS.
> 
> I'm obviously confused about something.  In what way is it
> violating the new TOS to "modify the Data and merge other
> data sets with the Data for Licensee's own internal use"
> (notwithstanding the visual that gives me of someone
> swallowing the data...)

Here's the new clause that Robert found that puts gpsbabel on shaky
ground...

    Licensee shall not reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble the
    GROUNDSPEAK-compatible data format(s) in an attempt to duplicate the
    proprietary and copyright-protected GROUNDSPEAK data model(s) and/or
    export format(s).

That seems to refer to GPX format, or at least their extensions to it.
But the language is atrocious, so maybe they are talking about
something else.

However, given Eliases latest "don't ask, don't tell" reply, I now
have to wonder if any of their TOS would stand up in court.  If it
came to it, I gotta think that any reasonable judge would now throw
out their TOS since they are sending mixed signals.

-Rick

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