Re: Good read Yale switching to Google Apps / Gmail

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Doug Humphrey <doug () joss com>
Date: February 10, 2010 9:07:56 PM EST
To: dave () farber net
Cc: "ip" <ip () v2 listbox com>
Subject: Re: [IP] Re: Good read Yale switching to Google Apps / Gmail

> > > > /www.google.com/accounts/TOS?hl=en
> > > >
> > > > <quote>
> > > > 11.    Content licence from you
> > > >
> > > > 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.
> > > > </quote>
> >
> > Ok, so Google isn't claiming copyright, they're just getting an
> > irrevocable and royalty-free right to all your stuff, via language that
> > that can be stretched around anything they want to use it for.  How's
> > that really any better?

exactly my point as well! 

I am not saying they are taking MY rights, but by sending an 
email to joe saying "hey, do you realize that when you X the Y you get Z?" 
I am giving them license to "when you X the Y you get Z"?

in fact, it would be interesting to know if you mention something, 
in private email with someone else, if you go for a patent on it,
or if you go to execute an exclusive license agreement with someone, 
is there a difficulty because you have given a non-exclusive license to 
it to Google simply by mentioning it in an email message on their service?

Even if it was just a message TO YOURSELF as a reminder note?

doug








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