On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 1:55 PM, Gregory Maxwell gmaxwell@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Jul 28, 2008 at 1:49 PM, Nathan nawrich@gmail.com wrote:
The Google terms of service item 8 does seem to present a problem. here it is:
*8.* *License to Google.*
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But it also appears to conflict with this item of the same TOS:
5.1. *No Google Ownership of User Content.* Google claims no ownership or control over any content submitted, posted or displayed by you on or through
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You've granted them an expansive license (which you don't actually have the right to grant for most freely licensed content found elsewhere) and they disclaim ownership. License != ownership, so it's not a conflict .. even if does seem somewhat confusing.
But that's nonsense. You obviously haven't granted Google such a license if you don't have a right to do so. If anything you've broken Google's Terms of Service, not the GFDL.
Greg, pick an article which you feel you've made a significant contribution to. I'll upload it to Knol, following the terms of the GFDL, and you can issue a takedown notice. Then I'll issue a putback notice, you can sue me, and we'll finally have a GFDL test case.
Anthony