I was actually thinking I might have to upload the .fla in order for the project to be fully open source. No problems there, I uploaded it. But I don't think I'll move the images anymore, I'll use doug's suggestion.
PS: Sorry for double-posting, I couldn't find my own post after the first one. On Sep 8, 7:47 pm, "DeWitt Clinton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh, and as Doug just mentioned in the other thread, there are ways to > mitigate the bandwidth consumption of gadgets via proxy servers, so that > shouldn't be an issue for well written gadgets. > > -DeWitt > > On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 9:34 AM, DeWitt Clinton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Bandwidth limits aside, keep in mind that you can't just "upload the .xml" > > to "say the project is open source." > > > Project hosting on Google Code is exclusively available for open source > > projects at this time. If you do intend to open source your gadget, you'll > > need to upload the source code for your Flash applet, for example. > > > A good rule of thumb when hosting projects on Google Code is to ask > > yourself a) are all materials made available under a supported open source > > license, and b) could users recreate any and all binaries from the source > > code provided? > > > Assuming you do want to address this, it looks like you should: upload the > > source code for the .swf binary, apply the GPL license to both that code and > > to the .xml itself, and apply a Creative Commons copyright license to the > > .jpgs and the .mp3 files. (But make sure you hold the copyright on those > > materials first -- you can't put a CC license on stuff you don't own.) > > > If you do turn this into a real open source project then you'll be in a > > much better position to petition Google for more bandwidth. > > > Cheers, > > > -DeWitt > > > On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 2:39 PM, Znupi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Hi. I have a google gadget. Its .xml spec is hosted on GPC, two other > >> files (one swf, one mp3) are hosted on google code (well, I uploaded > >> the xml to google code, too, so i can say the project is open source. > >> But no one actually uses that .xml) and about 32 pics (used for > >> design) hosted on photobucket. > > >> It's complicated to explain why I ended up with this peculiar setup. > >> Basically I made the gadget a couple of years ago and uploaded > >> everything to GPC. Now I updated it and realized GPC has bandwidth > >> limitations so I moved everything except the .xml to other hosting > >> websites (google code and photobucket). > > >> And now I realized photobucket has bandwidth limitations, too, which > >> I'm getting pretty close to! I've used 16GB (64%) out of 25GB this > >> month and still have 13 days to go (I get about 300-350,000 > >> pageviews / week on my gadget)! Pretty close! So I'm thinking of > >> moving these images (they're really small, 2-3kb each) to google code. > >> I've searched the net and can't find whether or not google code has > >> any bandwidth limitations. Does it? Thanks :) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Hosting at Google Code" 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-code-hosting?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
