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Introducing Open AIM

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jazper:
Looks really neat, haven't had alot of time to muck around with it.



 Open AIM


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allen:
It's nice to see them embracing, rather than fighting, third party developers -- though I'd wager it's really an attempt to "control" third party development.

From the FAQ:
"Developers are not permitted to build Custom Clients that are multi-headed or interoperable with any other IM network."

In other words, sure you can build your own AIM client from scratch . . . but if you support any other chat protocols, you've just violated their ToS.  So it looks to me like it's an attempt at furthering control, not expanding freedom.

D'oh.

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