Yes, that is what the TOS explicitly defines. We'll continue to support App Engine for 3 years if we ever decide to deprecate it. Support for experimental features may be dropped in this event.
On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Stephan Hartmann <hartm...@metamesh.de> wrote: > I think what people would like to hear is that section 10.2 of the terms of > use does apply to the app engine service as a whole (except the > "experimental features"), although the service is currently called a > "preview release". > Meaning, when Google decides to discontinue the service, it will be > available for 3 further years. > > > > 2010/3/25 Ikai L (Google) <ika...@google.com> >> >> "Experimental" features refers to features that we've explicitly >> marked as such. An example is Blobstore API: >> >> http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/java/blobstore/ >> >> Note that we call out experimental status with a blue box. Off the top >> of my head, this includes Blobstore, Task Queues and the bulk loader >> tool. >> >> On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 11:00 AM, Stephan Hartmann <hartm...@metamesh.de> >> wrote: >> > I wouldn't set Prerelease = "experimental feature" (maybe someone from >> > Google could put some light in here). >> > >> > However, e.g. the blobstore and task queue APIs are currently labled as >> > experimental. >> > >> > >> > 2010/3/25 Jason Funk <jasonlf...@gmail.com> >> >> >> >> > Have a look at the terms of service, especially section 10.2 >> >> > >> >> > http://code.google.com/intl/en/appengine/terms.html >> >> >> >> At the end of section 10.2 I see this: >> >> >> >> At any time prior to discontinuing the current version of the Service >> >> or upgrading to a new version of the Service, Google may, in its >> >> discretion as part of its continuing innovation to provide the best >> >> possible experience for its users, label certain features or >> >> functionality of the Service as "experimental." This Section 10.2 of >> >> the Terms will not apply to any features or functionality labeled as >> >> "experimental." >> >> >> >> This Section 10.2 of the Terms also will not apply to the Google App >> >> Engine Software (as defined in Section 7.1). >> >> >> >> >> >> Not very reassuring. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> 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-appeng...@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. >> >> >> > >> > -- >> > 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-appeng...@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. >> > >> >> >> >> -- >> Ikai Lan >> Developer Programs Engineer, Google App Engine >> http://googleappengine.blogspot.com | http://twitter.com/app_engine >> >> -- >> 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-appeng...@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. >> > > -- > 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-appeng...@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. > -- Ikai Lan Developer Programs Engineer, Google App Engine http://googleappengine.blogspot.com | http://twitter.com/app_engine -- 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-appeng...@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.
