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For open source software the clause I found most odd was "10.2 You may not (and you may not permit anyone else to) copy, modify, create a derivative work of, re
by streety 18y ago
For open source software the clause I found most odd was "10.2 You may not (and you may not permit anyone else to) copy, modify, create a derivative work of, reverse engineer, decompile or otherwise attempt to extract the source code of the Software or any part thereof, unless this is expressly permitted or required by law, or unless you have been specifically told that you may do so by Google, in writing."
The incompatibility of this is covered by clause 1.2, ". . . Open source software licences for Google Chrome source code constitute separate written agreements. To the limited extent that the open source software licences expressly supersede these Universal Terms, the open source licences govern your agreement with Google . . ."
It's still odd though.
- aggieben 18y agoyup...just proves the suspicion: the software guys just copy/pasted some boilerplate and inserted a few specific clauses without re-reading the whole document or double-checking what it really says. The OP is correct, though: Google has an army of lawyers and should have caught this.
- noonespecial 18y agoGoogle should spend ts considerable resources coming up with a "compiler" for legal docs. You just type in s few one line sentences describing the rights you'd like to have and the compiler checks for consistency errors and then generates a legal document (probably 100 pages long) filled with all of the right "magic words".
- alex_c 18y agoGoogle Law... now THAT would be an undertaking. If Google's goal is to organize the world's information, law is definitely some of the most opaque information for non-specialists.
- enomar 18y agoAt the very top of the download EULA... "These Terms of Service apply to the executable code version of Google Chrome. Source code for Google Chrome is available free of charge under open source software license agreements at http://code.google.com/chromium/terms.html http://code.google.com/chromium/terms.html." Makes sense to me.