Google API PHP Client license issues

[Raúl Mellado]

   Hi all,

   I am developing a WordPress plugin which polls the Adsense Management API to get info about earnings; so far for development purposes I have used most of the code from the google-api-php-client, but before releasing the plugin I would like to get info about licensing issues (sorry if this is not the best place to ask!).

   I would like to have 2 flavours:

   1. Free plugin, uploaded to the WP Plugin repository

   2. Paid version, with premium functionality

   My question is, how much of the Google examples code can I reuse for my plugin (my main concern is the OAuth part, as the Adsense API part seems not too hard for me to code my own version), in both versions (free/paid)? WP Plugins (as I understand it) come under GPLv2, whereas Google samples are Apache 2.0 license.

   Could you please show some light on this?

   Thanks a lot!

[Sérgio Gomes]

Hi Raúl,

I'm afraid I really can't give you any advice on this, as it sounds like a legal matter. I'll see if I can find someone at Google that can help you with these issues, and get back in touch with you!

Cheers,

Sérgio

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Sérgio Gomes

Developer Relations

Google UK Limited

Registered Office: Belgrave House, 76 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 9TQ

Registered in England Number: 3977902

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[Sérgio Gomes]

Hi Raúl,

I'm afraid we really can't provide any legal advice on this matter; you should probably seek your own legal counsel on these licensing issues if you have any questions. Here is the FSF's page regarding the Apache License v2, which may be a good start: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-list.en.html#apache2

Cheers,

Sérgio

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Sérgio Gomes

Developer Relations

Google UK Limited

Registered Office: Belgrave House, 76 Buckingham Palace Road, London SW1W 9TQ

Registered in England Number: 3977902

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[Raúl Mellado]

   Thanks Sérgio, I appreciate your help in this issue! I'll dig a bit more on this then...