[gaim-bnet-devel] gaim-bnet project takeover

[Dominik G. <nat...@gm...>]

Hello to all developers of the gaim-bnet project,

during the last weeks, rizzo (aka Don) and I planned my future takeover of
the gaim-bnet project. Because the current approach using the text protocol
does no longer work since Blizzard closed it down, Don, as well as grim,
decided to leave the project, which would not have been possible if there
wouldn't have been someone else to take over.

I believe that there is a legal way of using the binary protocol in
gaim-bnet, because Blizzard's Terms of Use do not cover the case that their
DLLs are used in another program. This means, if someone owns a
B.netcapable game, there are system libraries which we can use in
order to
integrate bnet in gaim. In how far this is covered by applicable law is
something that must be discussed beforehand.

Anyway, I'm pretty sure that there indeed IS a way of re-activating bnet
support in gaim. In order to try a new approach, it would be good to know
which of the developers are actually still interested in the project, and
perhaps a complete rewrite of the source code. I would be glad if those who
would take part in this action would post a short note to the mailing list
stating that they will be available.

With the best regards,
Nik (known as Natureshadow on SF.net)