Francis Davey wrote: > OK. As I said, google maps don't have a T&C imposed before use - > what would be useful is to identify what exactly are the problems > that one is seeking to deal with before going straight to code.
Google Maps (read-only, equivalent to browsing OSM) have Terms of Service: http://www.google.com/intl/en_uk/help/terms_maps.html Google MapMaker (user-contributed, equivalent to contributing to OSM) has its own Terms of Service: http://www.google.com/mapmaker/intl/en_ALL/mapfiles/s/terms_mapmaker.html To contribute to GMM, you need a Google Account. This requires explicit assent to their terms (by clicking "I accept. Create my account."). These terms explicitly flag up that you will be agreeing to the terms of individual Google 'Services' when you use them: "Your agreement with Google will also include the terms of any Legal Notices applicable to the Services, in addition to the Universal Terms. All of these are referred to below as the “Additional Terms”. Where Additional Terms apply to a Service, these will be accessible for you to read either within, or through your use of, that Service." AIUI, the Foundation's proposal is that a standard ToS will be linked from the website, and additional contributor terms will require assent when you create an account. This is exactly equivalent to Google Maps, unless I've misunderstood. cheers RJF1001, oops, Richard -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Privacy-and-Terms-tp24185975p24325146.html Sent from the OpenStreetMap - Legal Talk mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ legal-talk mailing list legal-talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/legal-talk