2008/7/28 Nathan nawrich@gmail.com:
Before its pointed out by someone else - TOS 5 says Google takes no "ownership or control" while TOS 8 requires you to grant them a license to reuse the content, so that isn't an obvious textual conflict.
What are the practical repercussions, if any, of granting that particular license to Google? It looks like it might be a violation of the GFDL, but beyond the technical violation what undesirable outcomes occur for the content and its creators?
It allows Google to use the content without following the restrictions imposed by GFDL. The only one that's likely to be a serious issue is that Google doesn't have to freely license derivative content.