I believe another important issue is missing here – TOS for developers who are doing mashups development. Those guys are not data owners but they usually register an API key in order to run maps on their development servers. I think either a special ‘developers’ TOS might be a good solution for this problem. What do you think?
On Nov 14, 1:25 pm, "pamela (Google Employee)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey developers- > Thanks for the feedback, keep it coming. Just wanted to say that I already > know from blog posts and such that 11.1 is the most concerning clause, and > we're already discussing that internally. But, as I mentioned, we won't have > official clarification until next week. My preference in this thread is to > find out what else in the Terms of Service is ambiguous, and to not have > this thread spiral into an 11.1 discussion (if possible). Thanks! > > On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 4:10 AM, maps.huge.info [Maps API Guru] < > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 11.1 is pretty interesting. For my maps in particular, the overlay of > > zip code tiles is something I hold a copyright to and enforce it > > strongly. I also limit how that content can be accessed with a fairly > > robust algorithm which only permits my maps to display it, or those of > > a subscriber. With 11.1, Googe has the right to take my tiles and use > > them for other purposes without compensation to me. That certainly > > doesn't seem right nor fair. > > > The big question is this a "Big Brother" issue or are they just going > > to use 11.1 as a way of promoting the use of the maps. For example, > > taking a screen shot of my zip code application and including it in > > some sort of ad would require USNaviguide (my company) to approve the > > use of the images. With 11.1, Google can do as it pleases without even > > letting me know they are doing so. That would be ok. > > > Pretty awesome changes here. With Yahoo potentially going belly up and > > Microsoft already an evil enterprise, the only other alternative is > > the OSM and OL approach, which isn't that bad either. > > > -John Coryat > > >http://maps.huge.info > > >http://www.usnaviguide.com- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Maps-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
