Re: Chromium and Google API keys

[Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>]

Paul Wise <pabs@debian.org> writes:

> On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 8:57 AM, Ignacio Areta wrote:
>
> > So, my question is: is the API keys terms of service compatible with
> > DFSG? Two parts of these terms doesn't appears FOSS-friendly for me.
>
> I doubt these strings are copyrightable and so their license is
> probably irrelevant.

I hope that's true. My suspicion, though, is that even if these works
are not subject to copyright restrictions, the license is still relevant
to the extent that Google feels entitled to enforce it against Debian
recipients.

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Ben Finney