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> Do they provide or make available the source to their modified viewer if
> you download or buy their product? If so, what is illegal?
All requests by us for the MercuryGuide code are referred to
Bluefish Wireless for resolution by them. There has been an ongoing
investigation between the Plucker team and Bluefish Wireless and Mercury
Guide for the use of that code in their products. We cannot say more at this
time.
As an aside note, the MercuryGuide application itself, Movies.prc,
does not appear to be based on any existing Plucker source code, but still
contains our CreatorID. Their actual Movies-Content.pdb file however, was
built with a modified (or actual) version of our Python parser, and also
contains our CreatorID, as seen below:
Movies.prc
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name: "Movies"
flags: 0x1 RESOURCE
version: 1
creation_time: 2002-03-27 19:45:27
modified_time: 2002-03-27 19:45:27
backup_time: 1903-12-31 19:00:00
modification_number: 0
type: 'appl', creator: 'Plkr'
Movies-Content.pdb
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name: "Movies-Content"
flags: 0x0
version: 1
creation_time: 2002-06-13 13:33:58
modified_time: 2002-06-13 13:33:58
backup_time: 1903-12-31 19:00:00
modification_number: 0
type: 'Data', creator: 'Plkr'
Until we can verify that their "stub" application, Movies.prc,
contains Plucker source code, we are not entitled to that source code.. but
we are entitled to let them know, sternly, to stop using our CreatorID in a
maliscious fashion. There is no reason for 'Plkr' to show up in their
Movies.prc application.. AT ALL.
Their "accidental" use of the 'Plkr' CreatorID in their database
(Movies-Content.pdb) is somewhat excusable, but their additional use of it
in an application which appears to involve no Plucker components at all, is
NOT.
Do not install this application from MercuryGuide on your Palm,
installing it will "block" you from being able to use Plucker through normal
means, and removing it will delete your Plucker application and Plucker
databases.
I hope that helps.
d.
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