[OSM-talk] Google WMS: is this legal?

[John Smith]

On 30 March 2010 21:08, andrzej zaborowski <balrogg at gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't think it's even legal for him to have this service? Doesn't

As someone else pointed out, there is nothing illegal about the code,
it might be against their terms and services to use it but that's
contract law, not criminal law.

> google TOS prohibit both storing the tiles and republishing outside
> google's own api?

That doesn't make something illegal and google are free to send him a
C&D if they feel up to it, but that's civil contract law.