From: Tim McNamara on 23 Oct 2009 09:49 In article <timstreater-EB6983.11395723102009(a)news.individual.net>, Tim Streater <timstreater(a)waitrose.com> wrote: > I see that Apple has developed a set of JS classes for use with > Dashboard Widgets. However the licence text at the start seems to > restrict their use to Widgets, although it's freely useable & > distributable for that purpose. Anyone know why use is limited to > that? Control of a technology.
From: Nick Naym on 23 Oct 2009 09:58 In article timstreater-EB6983.11395723102009(a)news.individual.net, Tim Streater at timstreater(a)waitrose.com wrote on 10/23/09 6:39 AM: > "That excessive bail ought not to be required, nor excessive fines imposed, > nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted" -- Bill of Rights 1689 Premature (100 years) emancipation. ;) -- iMac (24", 2.8 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM, 320 GB HDD) � OS X (10.5.8)
From: Jim on 23 Oct 2009 10:15 On 2009-10-23, Michael Vilain <vilain(a)NOspamcop.net> wrote: > In article <timstreater-EB6983.11395723102009(a)news.individual.net>, > Tim Streater <timstreater(a)waitrose.com> wrote: > >> I see that Apple has developed a set of JS classes for use with >> Dashboard Widgets. However the licence text at the start seems to >> restrict their use to Widgets, although it's freely useable & >> distributable for that purpose. Anyone know why use is limited to that? > > You're asking non-developers this question because... ....they might know the answer? Jim -- http://www.ursaMinorBeta.co.uk http://twitter.com/GreyAreaUK My Oasis of Calm has dried up. However, my Garden of Angry is flourishing quite nicely.
From: Chris Ridd on 23 Oct 2009 10:28 On 2009-10-23 15:15:57 +0100, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> said: > On 2009-10-23, Michael Vilain <vilain(a)NOspamcop.net> wrote: >> In article <timstreater-EB6983.11395723102009(a)news.individual.net>, >> Tim Streater <timstreater(a)waitrose.com> wrote: >> >>> I see that Apple has developed a set of JS classes for use with >>> Dashboard Widgets. However the licence text at the start seems to >>> restrict their use to Widgets, although it's freely useable & >>> distributable for that purpose. Anyone know why use is limited to that? >> >> You're asking non-developers this question because... > > ...they might know the answer? My guess is that they just don't want people making cross-platform widgets. -- Chris
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In comp.sys.mac.system Nick Naym <nicknaym@[remove_this].gmail.com> wrote: > Premature (100 years) emancipation. ;) Huh? -- K. Lang may your lum reek. |