Thank you for the reply, I will pass it on to my managers. It was extremey helpful.
On 10/9/10, Andrew Leach <[email protected]> wrote: > On Oct 9, 4:35 am, freq47 <[email protected]> wrote: >> If the small company I work for decided to create an app we would sell >> to a company that would in tern allow the public to use on premise for >> free would we be allowed to use the free API? > > Your client should not use the same key as you. If Google took > exception to what *they* were doing, you don't want *your* key > disabled. > > The requirements for keys are covered by paragraph 9.1 in the Terms. > > Do you intend to make your app publicly available yourself within the > Terms -- so that there is a URL that anyone can use, anywhere in the > world? > + Yes, we will publish it on the internet for everyone for free: you > can use a free key, even during a closed development phase. > + No, we're going to restrict access somehow, or sell it: you must use > a Premier id. > > Your client needs to consider its situation separately. Does your > client intend to make the app publicly available with a URL anyone can > use anywhere in the world? > + Yes, they will publish it on the internet for everyone for free: > they can use a free key. > + No, they are going to restrict access somehow, or ask for money: > they need a Premier id. > > "Publishing for free" includes putting it on a restricted site where a > login is required, provided that a login is easy and free to obtain. > Restricted access means that getting at the map requires users to meet > certain criteria which not everyone will satisfy, which would include > paying money, or geographical restrictions, or being on a private > network (there may be other criteria too). > > Note too that putting an app on the internet for everyone for free > does not mean that you have to publish its url, but it does mean that > someone might guess the url and stumble on the map. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Maps API V2" 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-maps-api?hl=en. > > -- Sent from my mobile device -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API V2" 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-maps-api?hl=en.
