floridankameli -- Don't forget the creators and maintainers of the libraries! They have done tremendous amounts of work and are providing their software for free, under very liberal open source licenses so that the web world can benefit.
-Ben On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 7:34 AM, floridankameli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > > Good point. In general that makes sense but in case of AJAX Libraries > API it seems strange. Google only distributes files. Normal website > users won't even notice that there are files from Google. But at least > it makes me happy and hopefully users too. :) > > On 5 joulu, 16:07, Jeremy Geerdes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I can't speak for Google since I'm not an employee, but it does make > > sense if you consider their business model. They offer free stuff so > > that more people use their services. The more people use their > > services, the more traffic they have. The more traffic they have, the > > more people want to advertise with them. The more people want to > > advertise with them, the more they can charge for those > > advertisements. The more they can charge for those advertisements, > > the more money they make. > > > > Jeremy R. Geerdes > > Effective website design & development > > Des Moines, IA > > > > For more information or a project quote:http:/ > /jgeerdes.home.mchsi.comhttp://jgeerdes.blogspot.com > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Unless otherwise noted, any price quotes contained within this > > communication are given in US dollars. > > > > If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights > > Wesleyan Church! > > > > And check out my blog, Adventures in Web Development, athttp:// > jgeerdes.home.mchsi.com > > ! > > > > On Dec 5, 2008, at 7:45 AM, floridankameli wrote: > > > > > > > > > Thank you for answering my question Jeremy. I wonder why Google is so > > > generous... :) > > > > > On 5 joulu, 15:00, Jeremy Geerdes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> The libraries API is free for everyone to use, non-commercial and > > >> commercial alike. In fact, in the past, at least one rather popular > > >> library has been left out of the CDN because, while it is free to > > >> non- > > >> commercial users, there is a licensing fee for commercial use. > > > > >> Jeremy R. Geerdes > > >> Effective website design & development > > >> Des Moines, IA > > > > >> For more information or a project quote: > http://jgeerdes.home.mchsi.comhttp > > >> ://jgeerdes.blogspot.com > > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >> Unless otherwise noted, any price quotes contained within this > > >> communication are given in US dollars. > > > > >> If you're in the Des Moines, IA, area, check out Debra Heights > > >> Wesleyan Church! > > > > >> And check out my blog, Adventures in Web Development, athttp:// > jgeerdes.home.mchsi.com > > >> ! > > > > >> On Dec 5, 2008, at 6:41 AM, floridankameli wrote: > > > > >>> Hi > > > > >>> Sorry for this simple question which probably has an obvious answer. > > >>> Unfortunately I did not find information about using Google AJAX > > >>> Libraries API in a commercial site. If the site is free to use for > > >>> anybody but has advertising is it OK to use Google AJAX Libraries > > >>> API > > >>> for free? > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
