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I know we are to use a third party plugin for this and I seem to remember somebody posting the instructions on how to do this with Ninja Forms. Is there a link to those instructions somewhere?
Update! The how to is here: https://wpgeodirectory.com/geodirectory-v2-ninja-forms/

I am a lawyer.

For me critical is: transferable, sub-licensable, modify etc.

This is a non-exclusive transfer of copyright. You still retain the original copyright over your photos. It just gives Facebook the right to use them if they so choose. So pulling them back to your site is not an issue if you are the copyright holder. At the end of the day, this is a convenience function for the business owner, nothing more and nothing less. As long as you are not copying over any of Facebook’s copyright material (like FB user comments and ratings for example) you would be fine.

But it is always best to consult your local lawyer and follow the course of action they recommend as my comment does not constitute legal advice, or not use the function at all and tell your clients to fill in their listing details manually.

I use ServerPress. https://serverpress.com/

Currently my directory at Motorsport Prospects only uses the category and listing name (https://www.motorsportprospects.com/teams/crosslink-kiwi-motorsport/). For what I need that is fine. This was very easy to accomplish with V1. Do I have the option to do this with V2?

Ironically enough, I think my site would fall under the “substantial, independent value and features beyond the Google products or services” proviso but the way Google is changing their whole set-up is extremely off-putting to me. Definitely merits a blog posting.

In some ways this could be a good thing because it will force directory owners to not just try and clone Google (or Yelp for that matter). You will probably get less requests on how to scrape Yelp and Google for data.

I will stick with OSM for the time being but following so soon after Facebook’s draconian changes it really reinforces the point to (a) offer something different to your users and (b) try not to rely too much on a private company’s API.

My 2 cents.

Definitely not 100% definitive but a good omen. Google have been very murky these days with what they are allowing and not with their various services. Keep pushing for something definitive from a senior management or legal rep from Google and keep supporting and developing the OSM option as we have seen that companies like Google and Facebook can change direction at a drop of the hat.