[Search-l] Widgets

[Mark (Markie)]

hmm this is the problem i kinda outlined above, as to what amount do we
accept the use of unfree services that may use info from our users in the
"wrong" way, such as google, yahoo etc.  i agree that we should try at all
costs to stay free, but to what limits will we accept the use of apis etc
from proprietaries?

regards

mark

On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 5:10 PM, Jimmy Wales <jwales at wikia.com> wrote:

> Aerik Sylvan wrote:
> > Hmm... couldn't you use a Google Maps API call (JS) to get the lat lang,
> > then call the NOAA feed?  I haven't looked at the NOAA feed at all,
> > but...  Then we cache the lat/lang in a cookie or something, to avoid a
> > gazillion calls.  Might be a little tricky with pure javascript, if the
> > NOAA feed is only xml and not JSON, but...
>
> I am 100% all for this, and I am also a free software and free data
> fanatic, and would love to see a way to make all of this available under
> a free license.
>
> So calling external APIs to proprietary servcies to make life better is
> great -- we are doing this now, calling Yahoo BOSS when we have no
> results -- but it is only great as long as we keep firmly focussed on:
> how can we also replace this with something really open and free.
>
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