On Tuesday, April 24, 2012, wrote: > For the record, approximately one year ago, Tyler Mitchell forwaded this > email to me from Thor Mitchell about the use of the Google Maps API in > OpenLayers. > > > From: Thor Mitchell <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > > Date: April 8, 2011 5:52:50 PM PDT > > To: [email protected] <javascript:;> > > Subject: Use of the Google Maps APIs in OpenLayers > > > > Hi Tyler, > > > > I'm the Product Manager for the Maps APIs at Google. I'm emailing you > because we just published a new Google Maps/Google Earth APIs Terms of > Service today which includes a number of changes, one of which I recognize > may concern you. It begins: > > > > (a) No “Wrapping.” You must not create or offer a “wrapper” for the > Service, unless you obtain Google’s written consent to do so. > > > > and then goes on to cite some examples. The goal of this new clause is > twofold: > > • prevent Maps API web services, such as our geocoder, being > proxied through third party REST APIs without our knowledge > > > > • ensure that any third party libraries such as Mapstraction that > incorporate our API in such a way that developers can use our API without > needing to read our Terms or documentation are reviewed to ensure they > honour those Terms, and pass them on to their developers appropriately > > The reason I was keen to reach out to you as soon as these Terms were > published was to reassure you that we are comfortable that OpenLayers meets > these criteria, and consequently you should consider this email the > "written consent" that you need from us to continue using the Google Maps > APIs in OpenLayers. > > > > If you have any questions or concerns about this please don't hesitate > to let me know. > > > > Many thanks, > > > > Thor Mitchell > > Product Manager > > Google Maps API > > I will attempt to reach out to Thor and Josh Livni and see if I can get > some clarity on the more recent change, and see if that has changed. > However, I think that it looks like this text is largely the same > (specifically, 10.2 looks essentially unchanged to me?), which I believe > means that we can consider the previously sent email from Thor to be > written notice that OpenLayers is in the clear here. > > For the record, I fell down on this one -- as you can see, I got this > email more than one year ago from Tyler Mitchell (who was ED for OSGeo at > the time), and I don't think I ever sent it to the list. My apologies for > that.
Thanks for taking care of that Chris. -- Eric Lemoine Camptocamp France SAS Savoie Technolac, BP 352 73377 Le Bourget du Lac, Cedex Tel : 00 33 4 79 44 44 96 Mail : [email protected] http://www.camptocamp.com
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