So there are no worries legal-wise by simply playing on an infringed map; even if you know, or highly suspect, it to be infringed?

Also, does anyone know much about map development tools, that may have relevance to this conversation? What the Terms may require, etc.?

Thanks!

Would the GPL require that you must attach the Terms to your map if your SVG editor was under that license? In the Terms it seems to say that you must post them on any derivative program? What else should I know about the GPL?

Lartokul, a SVG is not a program, merely a file. That is like saying all MS Word licenses must be attached to any document printed from it.

GPL only requires derivative works of *the program* to be released under GPL. Works created *using the program* are not derivative works of it, and thus can be released under any license. (This last part applies to every license I know of, by the way.)

Yeah, I kind of suspected that. Just making sure.

Thanks!

ACTA is another potential nightmare for website owners. Under these proposals it only takes a complaint for a website to get shut down and has gone under the radar for the main part with nearly 50 countries almost signed up to it. The internet will soon be governed by big business via governments.

@raverbaby:
Not necessarily, thanks to the massive protests in Poland, a few countries are now second-guessing whether or not to ratify ACTA.

Also, if you want to be cheered up, take a look at the recent success of www.kickstarter.com, raising over a million dollar for two projects each, from regular people like you and me, without any banks, investment firms or venture capitalists getting involved. It may not be a big start, but it's definitely a sign the power (or, at least, the uncontested power) of big companies is crumbling!