sounds good, it's about time too bad there are already many so-called "version 2" apps
On Apr 9, 8:43 am, "Bruno Oliveira (\"btco\")" <bru...@google.com> wrote: > Hi developers, > > The new AppReviewer is much smarter than the old one. Now it will catch > those very crafty abuse cases where apps try to copy the name of existing > apps in order to trick the users. So, newly submitted applications with > names that are too similar to existing applications *will not* be approved. > Apps that change their name to names that collide with other applications > *will > be removed*. > > This measure is designed to protect you from apps that try to copy your > app's name. > > However, it can backfire on you if you try change your application's name. > The short rule is *do not, ever, try to change your application's name*. And > if you disregard this advice and do it anyway, please realize that if the > new name happens to collide with the name of another application, then your > app will be *taken down immediately* without any opportunity to fix the > problem[*]. > > *[*] temporarily, we're not actually doing this, but we will start doing > that soon!* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "orkut Developer Forum" group. To post to this group, send email to opensocial-orkut@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to opensocial-orkut+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/opensocial-orkut?hl=en.
