[cosmos-dev] Silent downloads in code

[David Whiteman <David_Whiteman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

In the cmdbf.services code, there is
a local, approved version of the CMDBf schema used in validating incoming
queries and registration requests.  The code looks for the schema
file locally, and if it can't find it, will download the schema directly
from the CMDBf spec site.   I believe that this silent download, while
perhaps convenient for the user, is not a permitted practice.  I wrote
that code, and will be removing it ASAP, but wanted to let everyone else
know who might have similar code that opens a stream on a remote URL to
consider whether what they are doing is permissible.

On a related legal note, here is a humorous
pictorial diagram of the Eclipse legal process that even the legally challenged
like myself should be able to understand:
http://www.eclipse.org/projects/dev_process/ip-process-in-cartoons.php

David
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