<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Google getting strict, or just a little fish caught in a bigger net?<br><br></div><div>Mark</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:maps-api-usage-questions@google.com">maps-api-usage-questions@google.com</a><br><b>Date:</b> 11 December, 2014 3:56:58 pm HKT<br><b>To:</b> Mark Webb-Johnson <<a href="mailto:mark@openvehicles.com">mark@openvehicles.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>RE: [3-8620000005468] Google Notification to Open Vehicle Monitoring System</b><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><div dir="ltr"><div id="" team-id="19482"></div><div dir="ltr"><div id=""><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Dear Developer,</span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Thank you very much for sending us additional information about your application. After reviewing the information you sent us and looking again at the application, it is clear to us that your application is not violating the terms we previously mentioned.</span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;">We are sorry about the false alarm.</span><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Regards</span></div><div id="cases-response-body">Google Maps Team</div><div id="cases-response-body"><br></div><div id="cases-response-body"><br></div><div id=""></div><br><div class="gcqtc">On 12/08/14 13:06:06 <a href="mailto:mark@openvehicles.com">mark@openvehicles.com</a> wrote:<br><blockquote style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0.8ex; border-left-width: 1px; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); border-left-style: solid; padding-left: 1ex;"><div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div><br></div>Thank you for your eMail and bringing this issue to our attention.<div><br></div><div>Our project is a pure open source community project. </div><div><br></div><div><ul><li>Open Source Repository for vehicle firmware: <a href="https://github.com/openvehicles/Open-Vehicle-Monitoring-System/tree/master/vehicle" target="_blank">https://github.com/<wbr>openvehicles/Open-Vehicle-<wbr>Monitoring-System/tree/master/<wbr>vehicle</a></li><li>Open Source Repository for vehicle hardware: <a href="https://github.com/openvehicles/Open-Vehicle-Monitoring-System/tree/master/vehicle/Car+Module/v2-base" target="_blank">https://github.com/<wbr>openvehicles/Open-Vehicle-<wbr>Monitoring-System/tree/master/<wbr>vehicle/Car%20Module/v2-base</a></li><li>Open Source Repository for server code: <a href="https://github.com/openvehicles/Open-Vehicle-Monitoring-System/tree/master/server" target="_blank">https://github.com/<wbr>openvehicles/Open-Vehicle-<wbr>Monitoring-System/tree/master/<wbr>server</a></li><li>Open Source Repository for iOS App: <a href="https://github.com/openvehicles/Open-Vehicle-iOS" target="_blank">https://github.com/<wbr>openvehicles/Open-Vehicle-iOS</a></li><li>Open Source Repository for Android App: <a href="https://github.com/openvehicles/Open-Vehicle-Android" target="_blank">https://github.com/<wbr>openvehicles/Open-Vehicle-<wbr>Android</a></li></ul></div><div><br></div><div>We do not charge any fees for our App, and do not charge any fees for our service. There is no fee based subscription and no fee based restricted access. We do not sell any services, or offer any fleet management facility.</div><div><br></div><div>Can you clarify why you think that we are in violation of these terms, as from our understanding we are not?</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div>Mark Webb-Johnson</div><div><br><div><div>On 8 Dec, 2014, at 3:05 pm, <a>maps-api-usage-questions@<wbr>google.com</a> wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">Dear Developer,<br><br>We're happy to see developers interested in our products, however, your app, "<a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.openvehicles.OVMS" target="_blank">Open Vehicle Monitoring System</a>", violates the following Google Maps APIs terms of service (<a href="https://developers.google.com/maps/terms" target="_blank">https://developers.google.<wbr>com/maps/terms</a>).<br><br>a) Your app violates clause 9.1.1(a), which states that your application must be generally accessible to users without charge and must not require a fee-based subscription or other fee-based restricted access. Note that mobile apps sold through an app store can be sold for a fee. <div> However, if you charge a subscription for your app, you need a Google Maps API for Work license to continue using Google Maps APIs in your app.<div><br></div><div>b) Your app violates clause 10.2(d)(iii), which does not allow developers to use Google Maps APIs for an enterprise dispatch, fleet management or asset tracking application without an enterprise license. You must obtain a Google Maps API for Work license for your application to continue using Google Maps APIs. <br><br>Please contact our sales team using this form to obtain a Google Maps API for Work license: <a href="http://www.google.com/enterprise/mapsearth/" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/<wbr>enterprise/mapsearth/</a>.<br><br><span>We’re</span> bringing this to your attention so we can work together to make sure your app complies with our terms of service. If you’re not able to bring your app into compliance with the terms, we will take action to restrict your access to the service. Further, we may request removal of your app from all app stores.<br><br>Please let us know within the next 14 days that you have updated your app to comply with our terms of service. You can respond to this e-mail.<br><br>Thanks for your cooperation,<br>Google Maps Team<br><br>Please contact our sales team using this form to obtain a Google Maps API for Work license: <a href="http://www.google.com/enterprise/mapsearth/" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/<wbr>enterprise/mapsearth/</a><br><br>We’re bringing this to your attention so we can work together to make sure your app complies with our terms of service. If you’re not able to bring your app into compliance with the terms, we will take action to restrict your access to the service. Further, we may request removal of your app from all app stores.<br><br>Please let us know within the next 14 days that you have updated your app to comply with our terms of service. You can respond to this e-mail.<br><br>Thanks for your cooperation,<br>Google Maps Team<br></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 52.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="5" color="#000000" style="font:18.0px Helvetica;color:#000000">From: <a>maps-api-usage-questions@<wbr>google.com</a></font></p>
<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 70.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="5" color="#000000" style="font:18.0px Helvetica;color:#000000">Subject: Google Notification to Open Vehicle Monitoring System</font></p>
<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 48.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="5" color="#000000" style="font:18.0px Helvetica;color:#000000">Date: 8 December, 2014 3:05:05 pm HKT</font></p>
<p style="margin:0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 29.0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="5" color="#000000" style="font:18.0px Helvetica;color:#000000">To: <a>support@openvehicles.com</a></font></p>
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</blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr">Dear Developer,<br><br>We're happy to see developers interested in our products, however, your app, "<a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.openvehicles.OVMS" target="_blank">Open Vehicle Monitoring System</a>", violates the following Google Maps APIs terms of service (<a href="https://developers.google.com/maps/terms" target="_blank">https://developers.google.<wbr>com/maps/terms</a>).<br><br>a) Your app violates clause 9.1.1(a), which states that your application must be generally accessible to users without charge and must not require a fee-based subscription or other fee-based restricted access. Note that mobile apps sold through an app store can be sold for a fee. <div> However, if you charge a subscription for your app, you need a Google Maps API for Work license to continue using Google Maps APIs in your app.<div><br></div><div>b) Your app violates clause 10.2(d)(iii), which does not allow developers to use Google Maps APIs for an enterprise dispatch, fleet management or asset tracking application without an enterprise license. You must obtain a Google Maps API for Work license for your application to continue using Google Maps APIs. <br><br>Please contact our sales team using this form to obtain a Google Maps API for Work license: <a href="http://www.google.com/enterprise/mapsearth/" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/<wbr>enterprise/mapsearth/</a>.<br><br><span>We’re</span> bringing this to your attention so we can work together to make sure your app complies with our terms of service. If you’re not able to bring your app into compliance with the terms, we will take action to restrict your access to the service. Further, we may request removal of your app from all app stores.<br><br>Please let us know within the next 14 days that you have updated your app to comply with our terms of service. You can respond to this e-mail.<br><br>Thanks for your cooperation,<br>Google Maps Team<br><br>Please contact our sales team using this form to obtain a Google Maps API for Work license: <a href="http://www.google.com/enterprise/mapsearth/" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/<wbr>enterprise/mapsearth/</a><br><br>We’re bringing this to your attention so we can work together to make sure your app complies with our terms of service. If you’re not able to bring your app into compliance with the terms, we will take action to restrict your access to the service. Further, we may request removal of your app from all app stores.<br><br>Please let us know within the next 14 days that you have updated your app to comply with our terms of service. You can respond to this e-mail.<br><br>Thanks for your cooperation,<br>Google Maps Team<br></div></div></div></blockquote></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></body></html>