I think the key here is: "...for the sole purpose of enabling Google to provide you with the Service in accordance with its privacy policy."
In other words, Google may reproduce/distribute your content throughout its network as necessary to provide you with the App Engine Service. If they did not have this right, there would be no way for your users to access your data, as it is all stored on servers that you do not own. On Aug 5, 3:53 am, webpaage <[email protected]> wrote: > I am quite positive about using the App Engine to roll out our new > project except that I wonder someone from Google can explain what the > following clauses in the T&C actually mean? : > > "Google reserves the right (but shall have no obligation) to pre- > screen, review, flag, filter, modify, refuse or remove any or all > Content from the Service"... > > and > > "By submitting, posting or displaying the Content on or through the > Service you give Google a worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive > license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly > perform, publicly display and distribute such Content for the sole > purpose of enabling Google to provide you with the Service in > accordance with its privacy policy. Furthermore, by creating an > Application through use of the Service, you give Google a worldwide, > royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, adapt, modify, > translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute > such Application for the sole purpose of enabling Google to provide > you with the Service in accordance with its privacy policy." > > and > > "Google is constantly innovating in order to provide the best possible > experience for its users. You acknowledge and agree that the form and > nature of the Service which Google provides may change from time to > time without prior notice to you, subject to the terms in Sections 4.3 > and 10.2. Changes to the form and nature of the Service will be > effective with respect to all versions of the Service (including the > Deprecated Version of the Service); examples of changes to the form > and nature of the Service include without limitation changes to fee > and payment policies, security patches, added functionality, and other > enhancements." > > If this means that our Intellectual property rights are totally > surrendered while using GAE, then I think its not giving developers > any sense of assurance, much less receiving "the best possible > experience". > > Please kindly advise. > > -Samuel Koh --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" 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/google-appengine?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
