Hi Ray, As is with a server side application, you absolutely are allowed to charge for a visualization in any licensing or other model you like.
On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 8:40 PM, Ray Cromwell <[email protected]> wrote: > I was not talking about charging for an application, but charging for > a visualization. Let's say I have a written a visualization that is > expensive to compute on the server. End users consume this > visualization through the GViz API, it appears I am not allowed to > charge for it. The model is similar go Google Map's API Key where > they used to impose a daily quota, and then charge big site users for > a larger volume of traffic. > > -Ray > > > On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 7:17 AM, TheViz <[email protected]> wrote: > > You absolutely are allowed to use the Visualization API for both > commercial > > and non commercial uses (see section 6.1 of the Terms). > > > > Other applications of the same model you are describing (an application > that > > also consumes server-side resources) have already been developed over the > > Visualization API with free and premium, for-pay, editions. > > > > What may have gotten you confused in the Terms are the provisions that do > no > > allow you to charge money for the API itself (charging not for your > > application but for the use of the API itself, or copying/duplicating the > > API and/or later charging for it). > > > > We look forward to seeing your application. Please share it with us and > > submit to the gallery. > > > > On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 11:44 PM, Ray Cromwell <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> On the subject of licensing, what is Google's position on creating > >> commercial visualizations? The TOS seems to reject it ("royalty > >> free"). We have a particular visualization that requires consumption > >> of server side resources from us (not purely client-side), which means > >> we end up paying for others to use the visualization. We are > >> interested in a Google Maps-like tiered approach, where we grant an > >> API key which allows free usage up to a quota (say, 50k invocations > >> per key per day), and then charge a fee over the quota for large > >> users. This appears unsupportable at the moment given the current > >> licensing terms on GViz, but I could be wrong. Anyway, as a result, it > >> may mean we offer a version which sits outside of GViz, and works like > >> any other JS widget, which is regrettable. > >> > >> -Ray > >> > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 5:52 AM, TheViz <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Hi Chris, > >> > > >> > Publishing an image on a blog or a site from a Visualization API > created > >> > chart for purposes such as discussing the API, showing an example of > >> > what > >> > can be done, etc is perfectly fine. > >> > > >> > Creating Visualization API charts, then turning them into static png > >> > images > >> > as an ongoing method for publishing visualizations on your website is > >> > not > >> > allowed as it constitutes use of the API in a manner different than > its > >> > intended use. > >> > > >> > Hope this helps. > >> > > >> > On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 11:29 PM, Chris Hager <[email protected]> > >> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> hey, > >> >> > >> >> i was wondering about serving snapshots of interactive charts and > maps > >> >> (and couldn't find it in the terms of use). Let's say I'd like to > make > >> >> a > >> >> homepage which delivers a map like > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > http://code.google.com/apis/visualization/documentation/gallery/intensitymap.html > >> >> (or a geomap) as a single .png image... would that violate the terms > of > >> >> use or is that possible? > >> >> > >> >> best from vienna, > >> >> - chris hager > >> >> > >> >> > >> > > >> > > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Visualization API" 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-visualization-api?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
