Re: [Viking-devel] Viking review

[Quy T. <qto...@gm...>]

Guilhem Bonnefille wrote:
> 2008/5/8 Quy Tonthat <qto...@gm...>:
>> Guilhem Bonnefille wrote:
>>> - I'm convince that I have to work on modularizing viking (so end-user
>>> will decide if it want to install Google module or not)
>> Not sure how "modularizing" will help viking in this aspect.
>> But "modularizing" is always a good thing in programming.
> 
> With "modularizing", I mean adding loadable modules support. By this
> way, we will be able to produce a "google plugin" for viking. Then we
> will be able to package this plugin will in a separated package. And
> so, the end-user will be informed that this plugin does not fully
> respect the Google Term of Service.

Do you have any precedence (previous court cases) to back this up?
How does viking defend if google decides to bring viking to trial?

I don't think viking can afford to follow any law suit at all.
But we can always shut down viking and start another project,
and another after that, and another after that...That is why
Open Source is so beautiful.

Quy