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May I suggest another perspective? Or refresh one, if it was
already your plan...<br>
<br>
Completely *removing* the copyright notice, where someone has put
their stuff out there saying "if you use it, you must preserve the
copyright notice" may not exemplify the best practices of our
community. In its way, it's as inappropriate as taking open-source
code and repackaging it as proprietary.<br>
<br>
Even Google, in its Terms of Use (shorter, by the way, than a GPL
License) implicitly acknowledges that you can remove the notice, but
must replace it elsewhere. <br>
<br>
So, for those of us using Google Maps, or other sources that bear
attribution, let's at least replace the copyright box with an
appropriate line such as "Google Map content (C) Google, TeleAtlas
and their suppliers" somewhere appropriate. I think other
discussions have also looked to preserve the spirit of the notices,
which is a fine practice.<br>
<br>
I don't work for Google, but have spent many years as a Silicon
Valley technology lawyer fighting on this front. I've found that
the best way to avoid warfare is to show a little courtesy and
respect for the efforts of others. Even if the "other" is a huge
corporation.<br>
<br>
Michael<br>
<br>
Here's the Google TOU clause:<br>
<br>
<p> <strong>All uses of Google Maps and Google Earth and Content
MUST provide attribution to Google and our suppliers. In no
circumstance do we approve of any use of Content without proper
attribution. Requests for exceptions will not be answered.</strong>
</p>
<p> Attribution is the line(s) shown on the bottom of the Content in
the products along with copyright notices, such as “©2011 Google,
Map Data ©2011 Tele Atlas.” (The exact text of the attribution
changes based on geography and Content type.) The attribution text
must be legible to the average viewer or reader. The
automatically-generated Google logo and attribution text may only
be removed or obstructed if reintroduced in a visible form
elsewhere within the Content. In print use, if for some reason
attribution cannot be placed within the Content, separate
attribution text must be provided directly adjacent to the
Content. In video, attribution must appear on-screen for the
entire duration the Content is displayed; we cannot approve
requests to move attribution to end credits. </p>
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On 5/26/2011 7:08 AM, Mr. Puneet Kishor wrote:
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cite="mid:3FA9350E-DF17-45C3-8755-D5025FA97E5E@gmail.com"
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<pre wrap="">So, I have started getting that infamous copyright box on Google Maps layer. I had no problems so far, never saw that box. Never changed the code, but today I noticed that every time I visit my web page, the copyright box is there.
I am using OL 2.10.
A few additional notes --
I tried searching the OL mailing list archive, but the search via nabble widget [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/openlayers-users">http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/openlayers-users</a>] is broken. I get a stream of Java errors spewed by Jetty.
I tried scanning the archives but quickly started seeing doubles. I did notice that four months of email list archives are missing at [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/openlayers-users/">http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/openlayers-users/</a>].
Anyway, help on getting rid of that copyright box would be much appreciated.
Puneet._______________________________________________
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