I think what people would like to hear is that section 10.2 of the terms of use does apply to the app engine service as a whole (except the "experimental features"), although the service is currently called a "preview release". Meaning, when Google decides to discontinue the service, it will be available for 3 further years.
2010/3/25 Ikai L (Google) <[email protected]> > "Experimental" features refers to features that we've explicitly > marked as such. An example is Blobstore API: > > http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/java/blobstore/ > > Note that we call out experimental status with a blue box. Off the top > of my head, this includes Blobstore, Task Queues and the bulk loader > tool. > > On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Stephan Hartmann <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I wouldn't set Prerelease = "experimental feature" (maybe someone from > > Google could put some light in here). > > > > However, e.g. the blobstore and task queue APIs are currently labled as > > experimental. > > > > > > 2010/3/25 Jason Funk <[email protected]> > >> > >> > Have a look at the terms of service, especially section 10.2 > >> > > >> > http://code.google.com/intl/en/appengine/terms.html > >> > >> At the end of section 10.2 I see this: > >> > >> At any time prior to discontinuing the current version of the Service > >> or upgrading to a new version of the Service, Google may, in its > >> discretion as part of its continuing innovation to provide the best > >> possible experience for its users, label certain features or > >> functionality of the Service as "experimental." This Section 10.2 of > >> the Terms will not apply to any features or functionality labeled as > >> "experimental." > >> > >> This Section 10.2 of the Terms also will not apply to the Google App > >> Engine Software (as defined in Section 7.1). > >> > >> > >> Not very reassuring. > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > >> "Google App Engine" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected]<google-appengine%[email protected]> > . > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > >> > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Google App Engine" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<google-appengine%[email protected]> > . > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > Ikai Lan > Developer Programs Engineer, Google App Engine > http://googleappengine.blogspot.com | http://twitter.com/app_engine > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<google-appengine%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" 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-appengine?hl=en.
