Saw the headline on Reddit this morning, but didn’t get a chance to look at it until now. Google has released a new browser called “Chrome” Word; it is faster than Firefox and IE. A lot faster.
There’s just this little part of the EULA that is turning people off using it:
11. Content license 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 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.
Pretty much means anything you make with Chrome, Google owns.
Tap the Hive has notice from Google. Yeah, they didn’t see that before they posted it.
Here’s an official response from Rebecca Ward, Senior Product Counsel for Google Chrome:
“In order to keep things simple for our users, we try to use the same set of legal terms (our Universal Terms of Service) for many of our products. Sometimes, as in the case of Google Chrome, this means that the legal terms for a specific product may include terms that don’t apply well to the use of that product. We are working quickly to remove language from Section 11 of the current Google Chrome terms of service. This change will apply retroactively to all users who have downloaded Google Chrome.”
I’m gonna download it tonight and check it out. Let you know what I think because I know how much you respect my opinions.
Update:
Here’s how it reads now:
11. Content license 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.
That’s better!
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