I agree 11.1 is one of the major problems - the example Ed Parsons gives of interpretation on his blog is better (but still not acceptable to the OS I suspect) - but if Eds interpretation is right surely 11.1 could be re-worded to sound a bit less all encompassing.
11.3 is also problematic - as already mentioned - most just don't have these rights. The unfortunate situation in the UK - is that anyone wanting to use the map API is caught between the OS and Google TOS (almost regardless of the data they are wanting to display as in the vast majority of cases you could not be SURE that there was no element of derivation in the data). I can understand Google not being keen to be seen to bend to accommodate the OS and their wholly unreasonable interpretation of derived data, however it may be a case of finding an agreement that the OS can live with - or see people switch en mass from the mapping API in the UK - which would be a real shame. I would also stress the need for a very rapid resolution of this issue - I know people are currently feeling they have no option but to take their maps off line as they can't abide by the TOS and the fact that they inevitably have OS derived data. There have been several people saying will have to switch OpenLayers. We are in exactly the same position, about to embark on a development that was to be done using the Google mapping API - but now looks as if it will have to be in OpenLayers as we can't comply with the TOS because of OS derived data. If the API is to be used in the UK - the terms MUST be usable with the OS interpretation of derived data and copyright. I know which party I'd most like to see changed (preferably forcably!) - but equally I'm hoping that Google can be pragmatic here so as the ground gained with people using the API in the UK is not lost. If the point of the mapping API is not a data farming excercise as Ed Parsons stresses (and I don't really believe) then would it really hurt Google to drop the controversial terms? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
