By the way, you are not violating the TOS. -- Marcelo - http://maps.forum.nu --
On Dec 2, 7:36 am, Marcelo <marcelo...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Aside from what JF suggested, you can also use mod_rewrite in Apache. > All you need to do is to check the referrer against a blacklist and if > there is a match redirect to a page explaining that the site is > question is not supposed to charge money for something that is > actually free. > This would discredit the site in question with the suckers that payed > for membership. > > When I find the time I'll have a look at my server logs as well. :-) > > -- > Marcelo -http://maps.forum.nu > -- > > On Dec 1, 8:39 pm, Joseph Elfelt <josephelf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > > To the best of my recollection, this interesting question has not been > > discussed here. > > > Every now and again I spend a bit of time scanning my server log to > > get a feel for who is doing what with my API app > > (http://www.mappingsupport.com/p/gmap4.php). Perhaps you have done the same > > for your app. > > > Many of the sites using my app are known to me and are 100% free. But > > sometimes when I see a new site requesting maps through my app, I take > > a look at the site instead of tending to business. It turns out that > > a small percent of those cases are sites (often forums) where one has > > to pay money in order to access the site. > > > In other words, one has to pay money in order to see the link to my > > API app. Gee, does that mean I am violating the TOS requirement that > > apps (subject to narrow exceptions) be free? > > > Obviously none of us API developers have any control over where 3rd > > parties chose to post links to our apps. > > > Your thoughts? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps JavaScript API v3" group. To post to this group, send email to google-maps-js-api-v3@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-maps-js-api-v3+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-maps-js-api-v3?hl=en.
