You can use the service as part of a commercial application, but you can't charge for the service Google provides. For instance, if you have a corporate website, you can absolutely use the Language and other AJAX APIs. However, you cannot build an application to translate documents using the AJAX Language API and charge users per translation.
Jeremy R. Geerdes Effective website design & development Des Moines, IA For more information or a project quote: http://jgeerdes.home.mchsi.com http://jgeerdes.blogspot.com http://jgeerdes.wordpress.com [email protected] Unless otherwise noted, any price quotes contained within this communication are given in US dollars. If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights Wesleyan Church! And check out my blog, Adventures in Web Development, at http://jgeerdes.blogspot.com ! On May 10, 2009, at 1:13 AM, Hesadanza wrote: > > Is it permissible to use Google's AJAX Language API as part of a > commercial application? I've searched this forum, and seen comments > that go both ways. The TOU seems to say that it is not: > > "The API may be used only for services that are accessible to your end > users without charge (i.e. the entire service offered by you as well > as specific components thereof must be accessible to your end users > without charge)." > > Can someone please explain? > > Thanks. > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google AJAX APIs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-AJAX-Search-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
