Let me start with a DISCLAIMER that I'm not a lawyer, so all that I'm going to say here is my own understanding.
I think that the link you sent, is more towards the usage of google services (e.g blogger, calendar, etc)... and GData Java Client API would be the Apache Licensed code that could be used to programatically access these services. Having said that, I'd compare this to using an apache licensed api to access some kind of proprietary services from Amazon or any other company. Based on that, I think the usage of the api should be fine, but connecting to actual google services would require a google account and also that the user has accepted those license terms. Well, this is just how I understood. Any other Thoughts ? On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 12:26 AM, Mike Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Luciano Resende wrote: >> >> Hey Mike >> >> What are your concerns with regards to license ? Looking at [1], it >> looks like the GData Java Client is Apache License 2. >> >> [1] http://code.google.com/p/gdata-java-client/ >> >> On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 10:01 PM, Mike Edwards >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Douglas Leite wrote: >>>> >>>> After analyzing the Google Data API and the code of binding-atom, >>>> binding-atom-abdera, and binding-feed, I propose an approach to start >>>> the >>>> development of the GData biding. >>>> >>>> I propose creating a new type of binding: biding-gdata. Similarly as >>>> binding-atom-abdera, that extends the binding-atom, this new kind of >>>> binding >>>> would extend the binding-atom too. >>>> >>>> The implementation of the invokers (linke GetInvoker, PostInvoker, and >>>> PutInvoker) would be done using the GData Java Client, that provides >>>> tools >>>> and an abstract layer, abstracting the necessity of handling with HTTP >>>> requests/responses and XML's processing. >>>> >>>> The binding-gdata could extend the binding-rss aiming to allow RSS >>>> feeds. >>>> >>>> This approach looks like the binding-feed, but reusing the binding-atom >>>> and >>>> binding-rss, and using the GData Java Client to implement the invokers. >>>> >>>> What do you think about? >>>> >>> Douglas, >>> >>> We need to take some care over the idea of using the GData Java Client - >>> we >>> need to check out the legal terms that apply to the client code, since it >>> does not appear to have a license that is compatible with the Apache open >>> source license, as far as I can tell. >>> >>> I'm not saying that you can't use the Google code, but we do need to ask >>> to >>> see what the right way would be to use this code. >>> >>> >>> Yours, Mike. >>> >> >> >> > Luciano, > > What about this page, linked off the one above: > > http://code.google.com/tos.html > > Yours, Mike. > -- Luciano Resende Apache Tuscany Committer http://people.apache.org/~lresende http://lresende.blogspot.com/
