Re: Wolfram|Alpha Lookup Tool for Mathematica
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- Subject: [mg100049] Re: Wolfram|Alpha Lookup Tool for Mathematica
- From: mark mcclure <mcmcclur at unca.edu>
- Date: Fri, 22 May 2009 01:48:01 -0400 (EDT)
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On May 21, 12:05 am, Bill Rowe <readn... at sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Have you used David's tool? Of course. > Entry of search terms in the tool cause your default web > browser to launch and send a query to Wolfram|Alpha. ... > Consequently, it is far from obvious this is against the > terms of use. Again, the terms of service state that a conventional web browser must be used to enter the queries. If you believe that Mathematica is a conventional web browser, then you are correct. Of course, I'm happy to hear that David received direct permission from Wolfram Research to create this tool but the fact that he had to pretty much confirms my point. That main point has very little to do with this particular tool. It is, rather, that these terms of service are worth thinking about because they are likely to have a major impact on the general utility of Wolfram|Alpha. Mark