Has anyone else here who offers download of compiled Open Source software been hassled by Google? My Google Ads for AlphaPixel's OSG consulting services (a major part of my business) have been suspended for the following:
after a discussion with our policy team, it looks like your site was correctly disabled for our Free Desktop Software policy, which you can find here <http://t.signauxsix.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XYg1pNd6vW8pTkCF2B8p26Vd76_W56dMzddZXz2n02?si=6460970642178048&pi=4A19AD92-5A3E-4F9C-8500-58F2D19BDC2F&t=https%3A%2F%2Fsupport%2Egoogle%2Ecom%2Fadwordspolicy%2Fanswer%2F6023676%23uc>. What they are specifically talking about is this page on your site alphapixel.com <http://t.signauxsix.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XYg1pNd6vW8pTkCF2B8p26Vd76_W56dMzddZXz2n02?si=6460970642178048&pi=4A19AD92-5A3E-4F9C-8500-58F2D19BDC2F&t=http%3A%2F%2Falphapixel%2Ecom>. What they are telling me is that for the software found on that page you must register as the authoritative distributor of that software through this form here <http://t.signauxsix.com/e1t/c/5/f18dQhb0S7lC8dDMPbW2n0x6l2B9nMJW7t5XYg1pNd6vW8pTkCF2B8p26Vd76_W56dMzddZXz2n02?si=6460970642178048&pi=4A19AD92-5A3E-4F9C-8500-58F2D19BDC2F&t=https%3A%2F%2Fsupport%2Egoogle%2Ecom%2Fadwordspolicy%2Fcontact%2Fadvertise%5Fsoftware%5Fpol>. After submitting the form, the policy team will review your site within 1-2 weeks and if they confirm that you are the main distributors of this software and they will approve the site without any further escalation from me. I know this isnt the most ideal answer you were looking for, but I have pushed back immensely and have done all I can but they are standing firmly. At this time, I think the only option would be to go through the from process. Please let me know if you have any questions on this matter. So, it doesn't seem to me to be sensible to require we register as "THE authoritative" software distribution site. This would presumably exclude others such as Torben ( http://www.osgvisual.org/projects/osgvisual/wiki/Downloads ) which is not ok. It seems to me like Google somehow, doesn't even GET the idea of Open Source, at least as it applies to binary downloads. Has anyone encountered this issue? -- Chris 'Xenon' Hanson, omo sanza lettere. xe...@alphapixel.com http://www.alphapixel.com/ Training • Consulting • Contracting 3D • Scene Graphs (Open Scene Graph/OSG) • OpenGL 2 • OpenGL 3 • OpenGL 4 • GLSL • OpenGL ES 1 • OpenGL ES 2 • OpenCL Legal/IP • Code Forensics • Digital Imaging • GIS • GPS • osgEarth • Terrain • Telemetry • Cryptography • LIDAR • Embedded • Mobile • iPhone/iPad/iOS • Android @alphapixel <https://twitter.com/alphapixel> facebook.com/alphapixel (775) 623-PIXL [7495]
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