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Update to the Google Maps API Terms of Service
posted by Satri
on Thursday November 27, @01:20PM
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The official Google Developers blog announced yesterday the update to the Google Maps API Terms of Service. Anyone interested should also read Ed Parsons and Spatially Adjusted entries.
From the official blog: "What changed and why? A key goal for the November 12th revision was to eliminate a number of unpopular restrictions, including the prohibition on friend finder applications and non-"site" mashups. We also eliminated ambiguity about whether it's OK to use the API w/ password-protected free sites (it is). Additionally, we streamlined the format of the terms, eliminating the need for developers to reference multiple sets of incorporated terms of service, including the Google Terms of Service and the Google Maps Terms of Service to figure out what rights and obligations applied to their use of the Maps API."
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