Planning to clone programming-x.com

[zukof]

Hi there,

Please correct me if I am going wrong.

My plan is to develop a website much like http://www.programming-x.com
I already have some nice domain names for it like ActivexDownloads.com

The idea is the make the website with all the software categorized and sorted, so that they become very search engine friendly..
(like programming-x.com)

I have following doubts.

Can I list the name of softwares with description and its link on my site withoug prior permission from author.. I am just listing them with no bad intentions.

My goal is to make money with ads.. but do you think its a good idea?

Any help on this would be greately appreciatd.

Thanks
Zukof Khan.

 

[armstrong]

Can I list the name of softwares with description and its link on my site withoug prior permission from author.

Listing the software name with links to the author's website should not be a problem. If you get the description from the author's website, then it should not be a problem either. You should shoot off an email to the author just to let them know about the listing.

However, don't just copy the descriptions of of programming-x, as these could be copyrighted. Even if it was the author who wrote the description, if it appears only on the programming-x website, then it wouldn't be right to just copy it.

Also, don't build your list from programming-x's directory. If just one or two of these are obsolete links, it could reveal that you copied their list.