Pamela,
Thanks for the new Terms and FAQ.  It's great to see.  One immediate
question regarding the new non-web permissions (though the OS issues should
be far higher on everyone's list of topics to deal with than my trifling).

Just to clarify, we're allowed desktop applications now, as per (7.1.c).
 However, those desktop applications must still be "generally accessible to
users without charge" (9.1), and must not require themselves to be behind a
firewall or on a local network (9.1.b).  If they run from an installed
location, not requiring a firewall, or an internal network, this would be
seem to satisfy (b).  Does public accessibility require that we make the
program freely downloadable on some website somewhere, or does it simply
mean that we may not charge for the application?

Thanks a lot,

Josh

http://code.google.com/apis/maps/terms.html#section_7_1
7.1 *Definitions*.

...
(c) "*Maps API Implementation*" means a software application or website that
uses the Maps APIs to obtain and display Content in conjunction with Your
Content, according to these Terms.
...

http://code.google.com/apis/maps/terms.html#section_9_1

9.1 *Free, Public Accessibility to Your Maps API Implementation*. Your Maps
API Implementation must be generally accessible to users without charge. You
may require users to log in to your Maps API Implementation if you do not
require users to pay a fee. Unless you have entered into a separate written
agreement with Google or obtained Google's written
permission<http://www.google.com/enterprise/maps/>,
your Maps API Implementation must not:

(a) require a fee-based subscription or other fee-based restricted access;
or
(b) operate only behind a firewall or only on an internal network (except
during the development and testing phase).

On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 2:05 AM, pamela (Google Employee) <