Hmmm... how open is this open source?

The README.txt says:

"The OSGB Web Map Tools project is released subject to a BSD licence."

The LICENSE.txt says we can redistribute, modify, etc. so long as the
Crown Copyright notice is left intact. No mention of not allowing use
for commercial projects, which fits the BSD licence style.

But then we have this from the top of GridProjection.js, which is a
file I'd like to use in commercial applications:

/**
 Ordnance Survey Open Space Javascript library

 � Crown Copyright 2007 Ordnance Survey.

The Crown owns the intellectual property rights in the OS API.
The OS API remains the property of the Crown and your use or
possession of the OS API does not give you any ownership of or
other interest in the OS API. Title to any copies that you make
of the OS API shall pass to us on their creation.

Use of the OS API is permitted only in accordance with the Open Space
developer Licence (accessible on the
OSGBWebMapTools.ordnancesurvey.co.uk website).
All rights in and to the OS API not expressly granted in the
Open Space Developer Licence are reserved by Ordnance Survey and the
Crown.

**/

Surely this must be a mistake? Or can we ignore the implied
restrictions in this file's header given the higher-level LICENSE.txt
wording?

OSGBWebMapTools.ordnancesurvey.co.uk doesn't exist, so I presume they
mean osgbwebmaptools.sourceforge.net

Perhaps they were a little rushed to get this out?
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