Re: obtaining permission

On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 14:25:24 -0800, Tim Greer wrote:

First of all, I don't think of extensions of my keyboard as a robot.
Robots don't consist of 2 sprained hands and no spares.

Secondly, I send these sites many fewer keystrokes with perl than I do
with my browser.

Thirdly, I've got all the time in the world to obtain explicit legal
permission to do what I want with either of these entities.

How do I do this?

If you automate something to obtain data from a remote site
infrequently, you are likely fine, if it's just a replacement for using
your browser and saving a file. If you plan to do it frequently or
have a site that enacts the connection/download each time someone
visits a script/area of your site, then it could be (or will be) more
frequent, even creating a load on the remote site. So, ask that site
admin or webmaster contact. I don't understand the question about how
you get permission, other than to suggest you contact the appropriate
contact person at said site/company and ask. Another issue is if they
block any non common user agents in an effort to prevent automated
scripts. There could be a number of reasons beyond that about why they
forbid it on their site.

I think the prohibition has much more to do with sending the page a lot of
information and gumming up the works.

I found a link to the webmaster of the fourmilab site and said as much.
We'll see what he says.
--
larry gates

There are still some other things to do, so don't think if I didn't fix
your favorite bug that your bug report is in the bit bucket. (It may be,
but don't think it. :-) Larry Wall in <7238@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
.

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