Mech as a job requirement

am 29.07.2007 20:59:04 von Andy

I'm amused to see WWW::Mechanize as a job requirement.

http://jobs.perl.org/job/6293

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Re: Mech as a job requirement

am 01.08.2007 03:42:03 von merlyn

>>>>> "Andy" == Andy Lester writes:

Andy> I'm amused to see WWW::Mechanize as a job requirement.

Sadly, it's probably EULA-violating web scraping. :(

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Re: Mech as a job requirement

am 01.08.2007 09:56:31 von nine

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Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
>>>>>> "Andy" == Andy Lester writes:
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> Andy> I'm amused to see WWW::Mechanize as a job requirement.
>
> Sadly, it's probably EULA-violating web scraping. :(

Which EULA? AFAICS WWW::Mechanize does not restrict it's use in any way.
I only found a reference to the Artistic Licence which doesn't do it either.

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Re: Mech as a job requirement

am 01.08.2007 12:39:37 von a.r.ferreira

On 8/1/07, Stefan Seifert wrote:
> Randal L. Schwartz wrote:
> > Andy> I'm amused to see WWW::Mechanize as a job requirement.
> >
> > Sadly, it's probably EULA-violating web scraping. :(
>
> Which EULA? AFAICS WWW::Mechanize does not restrict it's use in any way.
> I only found a reference to the Artistic Licence which doesn't do it either.

I believe Randall was thinking about violation of end users license
for accessing the data being scraped and not about restrictions to use
WWW::Mechanize.

Re: Mech as a job requirement

am 01.08.2007 16:39:47 von gedanken

On Tue, 31 Jul 2007, Randal L. Schwartz wrote:

>>>>> "Andy" == Andy Lester writes:

Andy> I'm amused to see WWW::Mechanize as a job requirement.

Sadly, it's probably EULA-violating web scraping. :(

Ive done a ton of web scraping, and I think most people would be surprised
to learn that the customers are the sites youre scraping themselves.

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