Is probably in their best interest to keep things a little ambiguos for plausible deniability in case of a lawsuit. Any comments by googlers could be used against them in a lawsuit. That's my theory anyway.
On Apr 15, 2011, at 2:04 AM, Tim Mensch <[email protected]> wrote: > On 4/14/2011 11:24 PM, Maps.Huge.Info (Maps API Guru) wrote: > > As for terms documents, > everything we need to know is in the > > > document. If you need to have more information or > clarification, the > > > answer is always the same: consult a lawyer. I believe both > are > > > appropriate although the terms documents can be somewhat > cryptic and > > > even conflicting. > > > If we consulted 4 lawyers on the term documents, I bet we would end up with > 8-10 interpretations, with a lot of caveats and a huge bill at the end. > > The fundamental problem is that, for all intents and purposes, it's NOT > interpreting the terms from the perspective of a lawyer that is relevant. > I'm not going to sue Google even if they do violate any of these terms, > and they're not going to sue me if they consider me to have violated them > (they'll just kick my app(s) out of the store). > > What I want to know is what they intend (or don't intend) for applications to > do in the store. In plain English. And in more detail than what's in the > terms. I want clear guidance on some of the more subtle points. > > I've seen long debates, held between smart people, that pretty much prove > that portions of the terms are too vague. SOMEONE inside Google knows what > they were intending to say, or should know that. That's the person I'd like > to be talking to -- the person that says, if you do X in your app, that's OK, > but if you do Y, that's a problem. > > Tim > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Android Discuss" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en.
