From: Tim McNamara on
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
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. ;)

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From: Jim on
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
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From: Chris Ridd on
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.

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Chris

From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Kir=E1ly?= on
In comp.sys.mac.system Nick Naym <nicknaym@[remove_this].gmail.com> wrote:
> Premature (100 years) emancipation. ;)

Huh?

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