[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] Ticket #3327: mythweather no longer works due to changes at msnbc

[Michael T. Dean]

On 07/11/2007 09:13 PM, Steven Adeff wrote:
> On 7/11/07, MythTV <mythtv at cvs.mythtv.org> wrote:
>   
>>  Now that the revamp has been merged back into trunk I'm closing this.
>>  Instead, if supplying patches against the new mythweather open a new
>>  ticket.
>>
>>  For licensing reasons we have ruled out using weather.com as a source.
>>     
> I haven't been following the mythweather stuff, but has accuweather
> been looked at? I know forecastfox and some other open source projects
> use them (and they link to them from their download page). I don't
> know what their international presence is though.
>
>   

But, since mythweather-revamp (now just mythweather ;) uses a
user-specified script, we don't need one source for all users.  Instead,
people can create scripts that work with their local/national weather
services or some commercial site with good data for their area (all
assuming licensing compatibility).

Mike