On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 5:01 PM, Andrew Leach <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sep 1, 2:20 pm, Barry Hunter <[email protected]> wrote: >> Exactly, its not ok. >> >> A Google map on your site, without content is really just a Google Map >> - its not your application. To be making a useful Google Maps API >> application - it has to do something more than show a plain map. > > Yes, but while it's reasonable for Google to direct that you can't > restrict access to their map (along with their pois and advertising > when that arrives), it's not reasonable for them to direct that my > data be made freely available -- my data is not their property, it's > my property.
Yes, sure. You dont have to release the data, fine. But if you want to use it with the Free Maps API - you must. If you have private data, you can't use the Free API. Simple as that. Its Google's API, they can impose what ever conditions they like. (they are probably heavily influcenced by the data providers want too) > In fact to do so is almost certainly unlawful in the UK, > and the sentence "This rule applies to Your Content..." should be > struck out in the UK. Despite being in the UK, have no idea why that would be the case. Then again I'm not a lawyer either. :) > > Even if it could be argued to be reasonable for applications brought > into being after that Term was introduced, it can't be applied to > applications which were produced under the old Terms. Pretty sure there has always been a clause similar to 1.5 in the current terms. Will have to check the archived versions I have of the terms. > > But this post should not be taken as legal advice. dito! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google Maps API V2" 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. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Maps API V2" 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.
