From 9e0b9cae94d7a7f232f752c4a3675808a84dab41 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: kazoni Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2021 14:16:15 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Add clarification that APIs that require purchase of a device or service aren't acceptable --- CONTRIBUTING.md | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md index 978a1b5b..dea4c47c 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.md +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ opened to market company APIs that offer paid solutions. This API list is not a marketing tool, but a tool to help the community build applications and use free, public APIs quickly and easily. Pull requests that are identified as marketing attempts will not be accepted. > -> Please make sure the API you want to add has a full free access or at least a free tier before submitting. +> Please make sure the API you want to add has full, free access or at least a free tier and does not depend on the purchase of a device/service before submitting. An example that would be rejected is an API that is used to control a smart outlet - the API is free, but you must purchase the smart device. > > Thanks for understanding! :)