API License

[EclecticDave]

Hi,

I'm having a bit of difficulty making heads or tails out of the
License agreement - can someone clarify?

The main Digg API page says "The API returns Digg data in a form that
can be easily integrated into an application or a web site". However
the License agreement only seems to grant very limited permissions
which largely seems to contradict this statement! ;-)

First of all it talks about producing "animations". Is this the only
application type that is permitted? Or is this only meant to apply to
the flash components? (I am not interested in flash - I'd like to use
the REST interface, probably from PHP or Javascript).

The agreement also goes on to say that the animation can only be used
on Digg.com or on web properties owned by Digg. Can I not host a
webapp using the API on my own website? Even if I can, could I put
ads on the website or would this be considered "commercial use"?

As you can probably tell I'm a bit confused! :-)

Regards,

Dave.

[Steve Williams]

Sorry for the confusion.

At 10:38 AM 4/25/2007, EclecticDave wrote:
>... it talks about producing "animations".

The license has been updated. That now says "applications."

>... can only be used on Digg.com or on web properties owned by Digg.

It said, "... that interoperate within Digg.com ..." That has
changed to "... that interoperate with Digg.com ..."

>Can I not host a webapp using the API on my own website?

You may.

>... could I put ads on the website or would this be considered
>"commercial use"?

Still working on getting that clarified.

[EclecticDave]

On Apr 26, 2:42 am, Steve Williams <s...@digg.com> wrote:
>
> The license has been updated. [ ... further clarification ... ]

Thanks for your help, this makes much more sense to me now :-)

> >... could I put ads on the website or would this be considered
> >"commercial use"?
>
> Still working on getting that clarified.

Thanks, I'll look forward to that.

Regards, Dave.

[m3mn0n]

On Apr 26, 3:01 am, EclecticDave <dclaugh...@intechsolutions.co.uk>
wrote:

> > >... could I put ads on the website or would this be considered
> > >"commercial use"?
>
> > Still working on getting that clarified.
>
> Thanks, I'll look forward to that.
>
> Regards, Dave.

I'm very interested in this clarification also.

I won't want to charge for use of my digg tools, I simply want ads to
cover bandwidth expenses. So it seems harmless to me, but a definitive
answer is best.

Regards,
Sam