Hi Eric,

thanks that helped already.

Seems this makes it impossible to create a OSS depending on this API. Every 
release would need to have such a key embedded. 
Even if not directly readable, the source code would always shows, where in 
the jar, you will find that key.

Frank


Am Montag, 9. Januar 2017 18:23:03 UTC+1 schrieb Eric Koleda:
>
> Hi Frank,
>
> You would need to refer to the API's terms or service, with the relevant 
> section here:
>
> https://developers.google.com/terms/#b-confidential-matters
>
> Unfortunately I can't provide more specific guidance, due to the legal 
> nature of the material.
>
> - Eric
>
> On Sunday, January 8, 2017 at 1:32:07 PM UTC-5, Frank B wrote:
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> I would like to create a open source tool where a user can give a link to 
>> a spreadsheet and the tool reads/writes to this document.
>> To use the API, i would need to put the key into the tool. And it could 
>> be possible to be read out by looking into the .jar files.
>>
>> Is this possible, regarding licensing?
>>
>> regards
>> Frank
>>
>>

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