Re: jmapviewer: bing logo
> we are discussing whether or not the bing logo image [1] should be shipped with
> the "jmapviewer" package in main.
>
> I as the package author originally thought that we should not advertise
> bing, but Sebastiaan from debian-gis argues that we violated MS terms of
> use by not including it (please see the PDF link included in that mail):
Since the license to the bing logo would prevent modification, then if
you had to keep the image, it would be non-free, but redistributable. A
text string would be fine, if you got Microsoft's permission.
Also, this is a crazy idea, but it just might work: the license states
that you can change to a text string when local law prohibits you from
displaying logos. What if we found someone in a country where their
local law prohibited them from doing so, got them to change it to a text
string, and send it back to us? You still wouldn't be able to remove the
text string, although I don't think that that would be a problem.
That being said, IANAL and this is not legal advice, so perhaps someone
can confirm that the above would work.
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