In my previous post about WolframAlpha, I compared it with Google where I mentioned that it is a great resource for research analysts.
But having gone through the Terms Of Use of WolframAlpha, I would say use the content from WolframAlpha carefully.
Few snippets are below:
"The free Wolfram|Alpha service is available for ad hoc, personal, non-commercial use only." ...
"If you make results from Wolfram|Alpha available to anyone else, or incorporate those results into your own documents or presentations, you must include attribution indicating that the results and/or the presentation of the results came from Wolfram|Alpha. ..."
"Failure to properly attribute results from Wolfram|Alpha is not only a violation of these terms, but may also constitute academic plagiarism or a violation of copyright law. Attribution is something we expect you to give us in exchange for us having provided you with a high-quality free service."
"... if you are constructing a very large number of deep links, or any deep links that are created automatically in response to user input given on your site, you must take into account the restrictions enumerated in the section "Ways You May Use Our Free Service and Its Results." If you construct a website that induces others to use our service contrary to those terms, you are inducing them to violate our Terms of Use, and can be liable for those violations." ...
There are not many such hassles with Google.
So, whoever planning to start using WolframAlpha, do go through the Terms Of Use.
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