Fearghas, I thought about moving that paragraph up closer to the top so it was clear that the content wasn't 'free as in beer'.
I would say that there are actually two parts to this launch, the content API, which requires carrying ads, and the Data Store. There will still be ad-free syndication arrangements. Matt McAllister is writing a blog post about that right now. I'll have to double check, but I don't think that there are the same ad T&Cs for the Data Store. We're hoping to collect a lot of data sets for that. best, Kevin Anderson Guardian On Tue, Mar 10, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Fearghas McKay <[email protected]>wrote: > http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/mar/10/guardian-open-platform > > key quote hidden towards the end > > "The Guardian is positioning its Open Platform as a commercial venture, > requiring partners to carry its advertising as part of its terms and > conditions, while BBC Backstage states clearly that its proposition is for > individual developers designers and not for "big corporates"." > > opening quote about free at the beginning... > > "The Guardian today launched Open Platform, a service that will allow > partners to reuse guardian.co.uk content and data for free and weave it > "into the fabric of the internet"." > > > - > Sent via the backstage.bbc.co.uk discussion group. To unsubscribe, please > visit http://backstage.bbc.co.uk/archives/2005/01/mailing_list.html. > Unofficial list archive: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >
