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The license is narrowly scoped: the Customer cannot transfer or sublicense rights to others, and the license exists only for the Agreement's term, limiting how the Customer can deploy or share access to the Services.
The updated terms establish a broader definition of activities that are subject to heightened restrictions under the Google Maps Platform Terms of Service. Previously, the definition enumerated specific high-risk categories. The revised language now encompasses any use case where service failure could reasonably be expected to result in death, serious personal injury, or severe environmental or property damage, and explicitly identifies weaponry as a restricted application. Developers and organizations using Google Maps for restricted purposes should review their use cases against the new definition to ensure continued compliance.
View change record →The reader receives only a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable right to use the Services within their own Customer Applications, and only for the duration of the Agreement.
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"Subject to the Agreement's terms, during the Term, Google grants to Customer a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable, license to use the Services in Customer Application(s).— Excerpt from Google Maps's Google Maps Platform Terms of Service
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The license is narrowly scoped: the Customer cannot transfer or sublicense rights to others, and the license exists only for the Agreement's term, limiting how the Customer can deploy or share access to the Services.
The reader receives only a non-exclusive, non-transferable, non-sublicensable right to use the Services within their own Customer Applications, and only for the duration of the Agreement.
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