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If you build a server monitoring service running on EC2 that has some aspect that is patented, could AWS incorporate that feature into EC2? update: emphasized
by jamiesonbecker 10y ago
If you build a server monitoring service running on EC2 that has some aspect that is patented, could AWS incorporate that feature into EC2?
update: emphasized patented
- grogenaut 10y agoIf you don't have a patent on the technique and AWS doesn't directly copy your code do you even have a claim? I would think not or netflix would be suing amazon. Or maybe they have and netflix gets a super duper special rate.
- spdustin 10y ago"...we obtain no rights under this Agreement from you our your licensors to Your Content, including intellectual property rights..." They could clean-room re-engineer it. So could anybody else. But, no, they could not simply take your monitoring code because they disclaimed having ANY intellectual property rights to it already. Saying "as necessary to maintain or provide the Service Offerings" covers hosting and backups. After all, your code, patented or not, is not necessary to maintain or provide their Service Offerings; their Service Offerings were already being maintained and provided.
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