I can't speak for code.google.com but I can speak for App Engine. Our Terms of Service has this clause
"1.2 *From Customer to Google*. By submitting, posting or displaying any Application (including Customer Content) on or through the Service, Customer gives Google a worldwide, non-sublicensable, non-transferable, non-exclusive, terminable, limited license to reproduce, adapt, modify, translate, publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute any Application (including Customer Content) for the sole purpose of enabling Google to provide Customer with the Service in accordance with the Agreement." The key words in that statement is "for the sole purpose of enabling Google to provide Customer with the Service". I hope that helps, Greg D'Alesandre Senior Product Manager, Google App Engine On Thu, Jan 26, 2012 at 2:49 PM, Brandon Wirtz <[email protected]> wrote: > I just shot a video about this and a few other clauses in the new TOS that > I > don't like. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rubin > Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2012 12:54 AM > To: Google App Engine > Subject: [google-appengine] New google terms of service and the content > clause > > Hi all, > > I got directed to this group by the Google Help page. I want to ask > something with regards to the use of the Google Code service (I just read > the new terms of service and was pleased to read something readable. A rare > event when it comes to terms of service and privacy statements). > > So I wonder if someone can clarify something for me. There's a clause > called > "Your Content in our Services" which contains the following > statement: > > "Some of our Services allow you to submit content. You retain ownership of > any intellectual property rights that you hold in that content. In short, > what belongs to you stays yours. When you upload or otherwise submit > content > to our Services, you give Google (and those we work with) a worldwide > license to use, host, store, reproduce, modify, create derivative works > (such as those resulting from translations, adaptations or other changes we > make so that your content works better with our Services), communicate, > publish, publicly perform, publicly display and distribute such content. > The > rights you grant in this license are for the limited purpose of operating, > promoting, and improving our Services, and to develop new ones. [..]" > > My question is: Does this apply to "Content" (ie. code) hosted on Google > Code? I understand I own the code, but does this clause mean that, whatever > I licence the code under, Google can use it as it sees fit? > > Kind regards + thanks in advance for any insights. > > > Rubin > > -- > 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. > > > > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
