Hi webpaage, I'm not a lawyer, so please treat my assessment as that of a lay-person's. If you're concerned about the Terms of Service, your best option is to consult a lawyer and ask for clarification on any points you're unsure about.
On Wed, Aug 5, 2009 at 8:53 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". The clauses aren't intended to indicate that you surrender your intellectual property rights - your code remains your own. As the text indicates, all you're doing by agreeing is granting a license to Google to do certain things with your code "for the sole purpose of enabling Google to provide you with the Service". Without such a license, there's no implied right for anyone to run your code, or send your static files to your users, even though you may have uploaded them with that in mind. -Nick Johnson > > Please kindly advise. > > -Samuel Koh > > > > -- Nick Johnson, Developer Programs Engineer, App Engine --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
