It's been raised here before, and yes, it is far too restrictively licenced! :(
2009/9/22 Chris Andrew <cjhand...@gmail.com>: > Hi, guys. > > Just thought I'd post this link, because on the face of it, it's > REALLY annoying. > > Transport for London (TFL) are trialling a speed limiting system (ISA) > that if successful will be fitted to vehicles nationwide. In order for > the GPS controlled sensor to tell whether you are speeding or not, it > needs a map (currently of London) of where the speed limits start and > stop (with me so far?). > > The annoying thing is, it says here [0] that the map has been > developed by TFL and: > > "The ISA Advisory Map must be downloaded directly from the TfL website > by the User and must not be transferred from one TomTom® to another. > No other use of the ISA Advisory Map may be made by the User, > including but not limited to modifying, adapting, amending, > publishing, broadcasting, posting and copying the same. Permission > for any other type of use must be obtained - TfL Customer Services may > be contacted for details. " > > The map seems to be in a kml format. It infuriates me that in this day > and age, TFL can produce a product that is so closed. > > Anyway, just thought I'd raise awareness...aarghhh! > > [0] http://www.tfl.gov.uk/termsandconditions/8780.aspx > > Cheers, > > Chris. > > -- > Reasons why you may want to try GNU/Linux: > > http://www.getgnulinux.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > -- Regards, Thomas Wood (Edgemaster) _______________________________________________ Talk-GB mailing list Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb
