I am a solid user of YouTube API, whose TOS I fully understand and in the same project I threw in a v1 translation feature. Because of v2 and other GData API's, I started lurking on this group and the more that I lurk the more I am ending up being confused about the overall all jigsaw puzzle of various API's and usage of medicine droppers to dispense such minuscule doses of usage. With all due respect, I believe that GOOG is approaching all of this in a totally confusing manner.
If we step back a bit, all of the various API's TOS could be aligned into a single TOS for all of the APIs. For example, I can not remember even a single API that explicitly states that batch processing is allowed and most go as far as to suggest that one's use case just about must revolve around a real person's butt sitting in a real chair. Youtube TOS state that advertising can not be present if YT videos are the only or even predominant material. While this issues become more vague for other API's, I would bet that it is something that they look at when they evaluate our use cases in order to give us a bit larger medicine dispenser. GOOG, Please stop torturing us with gazillions of products, API's, services and an equal number of TOS and registration keys. It is about time that you came up with a SINGLE REGISTRATION KEY and a single TERMS OF SERVICE for all of your API. It would not be all that hard to do, so go ahead and to the right thing by making your suits and your legal eagles earn their pay cheques. On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 8:29 AM, Jeremy Geerdes <[email protected]> wrote: > I could be wrong, but I believe that the Places API is overseen by the Maps > API team. At any rate, you're not alone. > > On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 5:20 AM, Carl Manganillo <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> not sure if this is the right forum (sorry if it isn't).. >> >> but I requested access to use the Google Places API (filled out form : >> http://gmaps-ws-console.appspot.com/, [email protected], >> publisher id : pub-1231419104961349) >> >> but when submitting the form, it simply says "Saved".. and I haven't >> received any notification email or anything in a few days.. Just was >> wondering if I could get some feedback on whether I am accepted to use >> the API? >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
