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Reading Google Chrome's Fine Print

Posted by kdawson on from the here-be-tygers dept.

Much ink and many electrons are being spilled over Google's Chrome browser (discussed here twice in recent days): from deep backgrounders to performance benchmarks to its vulnerability to a carpet-bombing flaw. The latest angle to be explored is Chrome's end-user license agreement. It does not look consumer-friendly. "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. 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."

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  1. sounds like the gpl by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    business as usual in the GPL world by losing all rights to your own work.

  2. Re:guff? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    What the hell are you talking about? Im the anti-grammar nazi and I even was looking for LOLs and L33T to be in that sentence.

    No dictionary on this planet accepts src to be an acceptable replacement for he word SOURCE.

    And oh Jeebus he degenerates into script-kiddy lingo with the epic fail statement.

    ignorance? how about requiring someone to actually speak the language? Because from here it looks like he speaking in sweedish.

    Ooma boomna bork Bork bork...

  3. Re:It's still in early beta... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    If this is supposed to be a cross platform browser, it's not "early beta" it's a 0.1 pre-alpha release, proof on concept or Win32 only prototype. All the more amazing considering WebKit and NSS were cross platform to begin with.

  4. Re:I AM SO HAPPY! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    This is totally awesome and fair! This is the best thing to happen on the internet! GOOGLE IS THE BEST COMPANY EVER!


    "Posted with Chrome, edited for content by Google"

    Google is evil

  5. Google Account EULA? by ljuwaidah · · Score: 0, Troll

    The same condition appears in the Google account creation EULA which means that all your copyrighted youtube videos, all your blog posts, all your calendar events, all your docs, all your notes, all your pics, all your chat logs are belong them. GOOGLE IS EVIL!

    --
    Laith Juwaidah http://www.ljuwaidah.org
  6. Re:Bullshit by speedtux · · Score: 0, Troll

    The provisions still don't apply.

    In any case, Google has updated the language to make it so clear that even the most pedantic nerds get it.