On Mar 8, 2010, at 10:49 PM, katseye wrote:
Can you give me the link where I can find that rule or text that
stated about obfuscating google maps api.
I've included snippets from (1) and (7) so you can't claim confusion
about terminology. Given those, 10.2 would be the most obvious
violation, as well as 10.3. 10.5 and 10.7 are *probably* violations,
especially if you screw up your obfuscation.
Above all else, though, have you ever bothered to answer *why* you
want to do this? Why are you trying to hide what is freely available
already? Why do you think you can both a) deny a user your code and
both b) provide a user your code in order for them to execute it?
These two goals are 100% mutually exclusive. Either you trust the user
or you don't. Besides, it's not even *your* code we're talking about,
it's Google's code, and they have decided its fate.
Without providing reasonable answers to those questions, I wouldn't
expect much help from people around here. Google is already plenty
restrictive for most of us, and people trying to "push the envelope"
when it comes to "creative interpretation" of the terms of use only
causes Google to get more restrictive.
So again, why, why, WHY?
Anyhow, from the Terms of Service:
1. Your relationship with Google.
1.1 Use of the Service is Subject to these Terms. Your use of any of
the Google Maps/Google Earth APIs (referred to in this document as the
"Maps API(s)" or the "Service")
7. Licenses from Google to You.
7.1 Definitions.
(b) "Content" means any content provided through the Service (whether
created by Google or its third party licensors), including map and
terrain data, photographic imagery, traffic data, or any other content.
10. License Restrictions. ... you must not (nor may you permit anyone
else to):
10.2 copy, translate, modify, create a derivative work of, or publicly
display any Content or any part thereof
10.3 pre-fetch, cache, or store any Content
10.5 reverse engineer, decompile or otherwise attempt to extract the
source code of the Service or any part thereof
10.7 delete, obscure, or in any manner alter any warning, notice
(including but not limited to any copyright or other proprietary
rights notice), or link that appears in the Service or the Content
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