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The Terms & Conditions make me leery. I have an app that would be a very good fit for their niche and user base but reading the T&C doc http://developer.linkedi
by olefoo 17y ago
The Terms & Conditions make me leery. I have an app that would be a very good fit for their niche and user base but reading the T&C doc http://developer.linkedin.com/docs/DOC-1013 http://developer.linkedin.com/docs/DOC-1013 was a bucket of cold water to the face.
Restrictions like
h Charge, directly or indirectly, any incremental fees (including any unique, specific, or premium charges) for access to LinkedIn’s Content or your integration of the APIs in your Application;
or
i. Use the Content in any advertisements or for purposes of targeting advertisements (whether such advertisement appear in your Application or elsewhere);
or
m Use the APIs in an Application that competes with products or services offered by us;
Those are a big red flag, and tell me that LinkedIn is not serious about open participation. It seems that they fear the possibility of one of their API users making money without giving them a cut. This makes their API deeply unattractive to me, what if I have some success w/ my app and they decide to do something like it.
It seems like they would be happy to shoot partner apps in the head in order to eat their lunch. And that means that linkedin api integration takes a back seat to pretty much anyone elses.