Comment by embedding-shape

13 hours ago

Couldn't OpenFreeMap/someone else offer an identical style/theme to Google Maps, or would that be a "copyright" or some other type of infringement in the US?

Probably an issue of trademark if people confuse the product with Google Maps.

  • Do people understand that embedded Google Maps "widgets" are "the product Google Maps"? I think for most people it's just "that map on a website", even if there is labels and stuff explicitly saying "Google Maps".

  • speaking of trademarks... when will google walk the xerox plank already?

    to google has been a verb for like a decade already