Re: Scripting the download and conversion of non-free data from an internet website

On Wednesday 07 December 2011, Akarsh Simha wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I'd like to verify that it is legal to download data that is
> available on a website, but is not distributable, through KIO / a
> script, and then do some processing to convert it and store it on
> the client's machine.
> 
> The specific issue is that I wish to distribute a list containing a
> selection of astronomical objects with KStars. However, the authors
> of the list, despite putting the list up publicly on the internet,
> do not wish to permit the distribution of the list. I would like
> KStars users to be able to generate / access the list anyway, so I
> am considering writing a script that would download the list from
> the internet, and convert the list into a KStars-readable format.

IANAL. I don't see why it shouldn't be legal unless the terms of use of 
this list forbid downloads by a script. And even then this should be 
okay if the KStars user has to trigger the download explicitly.

I guess it would help if you'd tell us what website we are talking 
about.


Regards,
Ingo

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