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You could always use openoffice... They don't even care if Jimmy crack corn.<BR>
Any web site is likely to have a clause like that. All the content you make public has the odd chance of making the site or its advertisers some money. Since it can't be avoided, they are just making the implicit "dangers of posting to a web site" explicit. People may go to the archives of this mailing list and find stuff that is useful in a commercial context. e.g., "it helped me figure out how to fix my workstation at work..." As opposed to helping you fix your playstation at home. <BR>
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<B>From</B>: <A HREF="mailto:brian@polibyte.com">brian@polibyte.com</A><BR>
<B>Reply-to</B>: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <ale@ale.org><BR>
<B>To</B>: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux! <<A HREF="mailto:Atlanta%20Linux%20Enthusiasts%20-%20Yes!%20We%20run%20Linux!%20%3cale@ale.org%3e">ale@ale.org</A>><BR>
<B>Subject</B>: Re: [ale] google docs<BR>
<B>Date</B>: Mon, 21 Dec 2009 17:24:38 -0500<BR>
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On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:24:11 -0500, drifter <<A HREF="mailto:drifter@oppositelock.org">drifter@oppositelock.org</A>>
wrote:
> My son tried to talk me into creating an account on Google Docs.
>
> So I started down the path and my first stumble was Google's need for my
> birth date. There can be no legitimate need for that data.
> Then I started reading the Terms Of Service.
>
> Buried within were these two paragraphs:
>
> 11.1 You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in
Content
> which you submit, post or display on or through, the Services. By
> submitting, posting or displaying the content you give Google a
perpetual,
> irrevocable, worldwide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive licence 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 licence 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.
That's not in the Terms of Service for Google Docs.
Section 11.1 of the Terms of Service governing Google Docs is replaced in
its entirety by:
"You retain copyright and any other rights you already hold in Content
which you submit, post or display on or through, the Service. By
submitting, posting or displaying the Content you give Google a 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 Service for the
sole purpose of enabling Google to provide you with the Service in
accordance with its Privacy Policy."
See <A HREF="http://www.google.com/google-d-s/addlterms.html">http://www.google.com/google-d-s/addlterms.html</A>
All the best,
Brian Pitts
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