On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 12:36 AM, Sri <sri.pan...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Nick, > > Asking an email-user to transfer an app name would work if email- > users were that savvy (ok gmail users are a bit more techier than non- > gmail users, but still asking them to log into appspot is a bit of a > stretch dont you think?)..
I agree, but it's your only option if the name is taken. > why would people register email accounts similar to popular app > names? remember what happened with domain squatting? There's no real benefit to 'squatting' an appspot subdomain, because anyone can take a domain name of their choice and use it instead. > > cheers > S > > On May 13, 8:42 pm, "Nick Johnson (Google)" <nick.john...@google.com> > wrote: >> Hi Sri, >> >> There's no way to see why an App ID is taken, unfortunately. As far as >> 'transferring' a username goes, any user can register an app with the >> same name as their gmail account, so if you can convince the owner of >> the account to register the app with the same name as their address, >> and then add you as an administrator, you can remove their >> administrator privileges and take control of the app (with their >> permission, of course!) >> >> People could create gmail accounts just to prevent a name being used >> in App Engine, but it's not clear to me why they'd want to do that. >> >> -Nick Johnson >> >> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 10:32 AM, Sri <sri.pan...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> > Hi Dave, >> >> > Thanks for that mate. But yeah that still is a bit inconvinient >> > given that most gmail users may not even be app developers. >> >> > Also is it possible to show which of the cases the violation is off? >> > I mean whether if it is an existing gmail ID or an already registered >> > app. Or perhaps a way to atleast talk to the gmail user to get some >> > kind of "Transfer" of the app name... >> >> > Also by tying app names to gmail user names, doesnt it incentivize >> > spammers to create fake accounts just to prevent a name from being >> > used for an app? >> >> > cheers >> > Sri >> >> > On May 13, 6:19 pm, David Wilson <d...@botanicus.net> wrote: >> >> Hey Sri, >> >> >> For whatever strange reason, App IDs that conflict with Gmail >> >> usernames are reserved by default. That means if >> >> legendofthefiveri...@gmail.com is somebody's e-mail address, you can't >> >> use it for your appspot domain. >> >> >> David >> >> >> 2009/5/12 Sri <sri.pan...@gmail.com>: >> >> >> > Does GAE place any restrictions on app engine titles via some >> >> > automatic algorithms? I mean it may just be squatters doing what they >> >> > do best, but does Google place any restrictions? Like dictionary >> >> > words or plurals of existing games etc? >> >> >> > I am not looking for any rude or obscene words but when writing a game >> >> > a lot of "legend" related titles seem to be taken. Surely there cant >> >> > be that many games out there on app engine right? >> >> >> > cheers >> >> > Sri >> >> >> -- >> >> It is better to be wrong than to be vague. >> >> — Freeman Dyson > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
