Re: jmapviewer: Download bing logo via attribution XML at runtime?
On Mon, 20 Oct 2014, Felix Natter wrote:
> IMHO the question is: Under which license are we allowed to use
> http://dev.virtualearth.net/REST/v1/Imagery/Metadata/Aerial?include=ImageryProviders&output=xml&key=...
> (the REST Service for Bing maps) at all?
The fact that this is a restriction on use is a bit problematic, just
from an end-user point of view. [I don't believe this affects its DFSG
status, since it works with free data sources just fine.]
It would probably be ideal if the user was warned about potentially
restrictive data sources when they enabled them the first time too; this
would give them a chance to do due diligence. (Or even when the program
first started if the program already had some equivalent feature.) [And
if it already does so, ignore my critique; I'm not familiar with this
software beyond following your efforts to clean up the DFSG status with
regards to the Bing logo.] At the very least, I'd stick a note in
NEWS.Debian.gz.
Thanks again for working on making this software DFSG free.
--
Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com
Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that
you do it.
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