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Hello,<br>
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Am 23.04.2012 14:31, schrieb Helge Fahrnberger:
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cite="mid:CABvsv+W6p_tefjf_=RQXTskhOJQ5t1GAqQGxSzpdL61eey9BMA@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">Last week Google updated their TOS in a way that could
affect OpenLayers:
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<div><span style="color:rgb(68,70,73);font-family:'Open
Sans';font-size:15px;line-height:21px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">"This
update clarifies that you are not permitted to use or
provide any content provided by the Maps API in an API that
you offer to others, even if your implementation provides
substantial additional features or content."</span></div>
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Sans';font-size:15px;line-height:21px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)">See </span><a
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href="http://googlegeodevelopers.blogspot.com/2012/04/update-to-google-maps-api-deprecation.html">http://googlegeodevelopers.blogspot.com/2012/04/update-to-google-maps-api-deprecation.html</a></div>
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<div>This kills the Google layers, doesn't it? It is probably a
direct reaction for all large websites flocking to OSM, OL and
Leaflet as a result of the end of the free Google Maps API.</div>
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it would be very sad, if this would be the case.<br>
But the blogpost is abit confusing. The Section 10.2 (a) (ii) of the
actual terms and conditions
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://developers.google.com/maps/terms">https://developers.google.com/maps/terms</a>) state:<br>
"...For clarity, you are NOT 're-implementing or duplicating' Google
Maps/Google Earth if your Maps API Implementation provides
substantial additional features or content beyond Google Maps/Google
Earth, and those additional features or content constitute the
primary defining characteristic of your Maps API Implementation."<br>
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So the main question in my opinion is, wether Openlayers is related
to 10.2 (a) (i) and if not, if the example in 10.2 (a) (ii) for not
reimplementing is related to Openlayers.<br>
Does anybody know a link to the text of the Google T&C before
this april 20 update?<br>
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kind regards<br>
Martin<br>
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