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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: PROPOSAL: Drop aKtion from KDE kdemultimedia package
From:       Duncan Mac-Vicar Prett <duncan () kde ! org>
Date:       2002-12-17 18:08:32
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El Tuesday 17 December 2002 08:50, Rob Kaper escribió:
> Kit uses a GPL'ed protocol, Kopete supports mostly proprietary protocols,
> making it a potential legal hazard (at least the unauthorized use of the
> various protocol icons is).

Kit is a single protocol client. In this case, Kopete can connect to jabber 
whith is a GPL'ed protocol too. So like the old mplayer vs aKtion discussion, 
Kopete is Kit + more, you gain but never lose.
And even, Kopete doesn't know any protocol itself, it is extendable, so it is 
at least guaranteed that Kopete can be maintained as protocols appear and 
dissapear. (just burn AOL's building and Kit is useless )

> Furthermore, AOL has tried to block competing clients from their OSCAR
> servers repeatedly. While there have been no specific blocks of open source
> clients, many do experience accidental blocks whenever AOL tries to block
> MSN or someone else, so I would doubt the perennial status of OSCAR, not
> TOC.

Then you turn Jabber plugin on and problem solved. Nobody guarantees that AOL 
will not block even TOC clients someday. I am sure they will not do it, but 
you can't ensure that unless you are AOL's CEO.

Duncan

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