Well, evidently this is the exact same language used by Google Docs. Guess you'd better stop using that too.
Read this before everyone starts to panic: http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/does_google_have_rights_to_all.php Scott -- R. Scott Granneman [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ www.granneman.com Full list of publications @ http://www.granneman.com/publications My new book: Linux Phrasebook @ http://www.granneman.com/books "Is sloppiness in speech caused by ignorance or apathy? I don't know and I don't care." ---William Safire On Sep 3, 2008, at 10:52 AM, Theresa Kehoe wrote: > > > On Wed, 2008-09-03 at 10:23 -0500, Scott Granneman wrote: >> This sort of thing has happened before - some overzealous lawyer, or >> some techie who isn't paying attention, puts the wrong license on >> something. >> >> It'll change. > > Uh huh. And in the meanwhile, if you use it, "all your base are > belong > to us". > > Read it again: > > "By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give > Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and > non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, > publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any > content which you submit, post or display on or through, the > services."[12] > > So, they can not only take MY content (suppose I'm uploading to a > blog, > or to a photo account even), and use it, they can change it, too. > Forever. Irrevocably. Uh uh. Not for me. > > Oooh, just a thought ... if I log in to my investment account using > Chrome, does that give Google the right to my username and password, > since the information was submitted to my investors via their web > browser? > >> If you haven't tried it, though, do so - it's ridiculously fast. > > Can't. Linux household here. > >> Can't wait to run it on all my machines. >> >> And yes, someone will come out with an ad-blocker soonish. > > Why would Google want to block ads? Will a Chrome ad-blocker block > Google ads from gmail? Wouldn't that be a hoot!! > > Theresa > >> Scott >> -- >> R. Scott Granneman >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ www.granneman.com >> Full list of publications @ http://www.granneman.com/publications >> My new book: Linux Phrasebook @ http://www.granneman.com/books >> >> "The important thing is not to stop questioning." >> ---Albert Einstein >> >> On Sep 3, 2008, at 9:50 AM, Theresa Kehoe wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, 2008-09-03 at 09:40 -0500, Robert Citek wrote: >>>> On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 9:04 AM, Theresa Kehoe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> wrote: >>>>> ... This license is for the >>>>> sole purpose of enabling Google to display, distribute and promote >>>>> the >>>>> services and may be revoked for certain services as defined in the >>>>> additional terms of those services." >>>> >>>> What service? I thought Chrome was a browser. >>> >>> Ask Google. >>> >>>>> Also, no AdBlockPlus! (then again, why would Google want to block >>>>> ads???) >>>> >>>> If it's really Open Source, then just give it time. >>> >>> Ahh, but is it, really? From that flawless unimpeachable source of >>> perfect "truthiness", Wikipedia: >>> >>> Licensing >>> Google Chrome source code is released under a BSD licence. Users of >>> the >>> executable code version must accept Google Chrome Terms of Service >>> instead.[11] A Slashdot news item has drawn attention to a passage >>> in >>> the EULA reading >>> >>> >>> "By submitting, posting or displaying the content you give >>> Google a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and >>> non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, >>> publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any >>> content which you submit, post or display on or through, the >>> services."[12] >>> >>> The passage in question is inherited from the general Google terms >>> of >>> service.[13] >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> So, if it is truly Open Source, then why must you accept their terms >>> of >>> service in order to use the executable? >>> >>> Theresa >>> >>> >>>> >> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
