EtherPad

We are happy to announce that AppJet Inc. has been acquired by Google. The EtherPad team will continue its work on realtime collaboration by joining the Google Wave team.

For Current Users and Customers:

What will happen to my account? Will I still be able to use EtherPad?

The EtherPad site will stay online through March 2010 with some restrictions.

If you are a user of the Free Edition or Professional Edition, you can continue to use and edit your existing pads until March 31, 2010. No new free public pads may be created. Your pads will no longer be accessible after March 31, 2010, at which time your pads and any associated personally identifiable information will be deleted.

We have added a feature to the Professional Edition that allows you to export all of your pads as one ZIP file archive. You can find a link to the zip archive at the bottom of the pad list after signing in to your Professional Edition account.

Professional Edition users will not be charged for the EtherPad service after December 4th, 2009.

Private Network Edition customers may continue to use the version of the product that they have downloaded. AppJet will continue to offer support and maintenance services through the current term of any existing support and maintenance contracts, though no contracts will be renewed.

Users who have registered an email address with EtherPad will be emailed an invitation to join the Google Wave preview. Emails will be sent out by December 31, 2009.

Will EtherPad accept new customers?

No, EtherPad is no longer accepting new customers.

What about information I've already created?

For free public pads, you can continue to export the pad data to various formats through the "Import/Export" tab at the top of the pad page.

For Professional Edition pads, you can export pads individually or download a single ZIP file of all your pad data by clicking the "Download all pads" link at the bottom of the pad list.

Will I be charged for EtherPad through March 31, 2010?

No. EtherPad will not charge it users, including Professional Edition users, from December 4, 2009 through March 31, 2010. We will discontinue the service on March 31, 2010. No refunds of previously-paid amounts will be granted.

Can I get refund for amounts I previously paid EtherPad?

No refunds of previously-paid amounts will be granted.

For further inquiries, please contact press@google.com.