On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 1:14 AM, Brian<brian.min...@colorado.edu> wrote: > In the absence of a specific argument against my argument, my argument holds > - Google imports the data into their own service and there is no > contradiction. > > Suppose however that my argument did not hold - that when Google download's > data to their own servers on behalf of a user this section of the ToS > becomes a legally binding contract between Google and the user. Is there a > contradiction between the ToS and Wikipedia's copyright policy? > > On the one hand we have Google's ToS which states that when a user imports > data they grant Google rights that, legally, the user cannot grant. On the > other hand Google has clearly created a service that is meant to assist > Wikipedian's in translating articles from one language to another so that > the data might be imported back into Wikipedia. The very existence of such a > service, created for the express purpose of operating on GFDL/CC-BY-SA text, > automatically voids the statement in the ToS because it is nonsensical. If > Google were to try to make a legal claim on the content, which they would > not, they would have no legal basis on which to do so.
I do not see your argument... There is a contract between Google and the user, granting Google certain rights. Why does the fact that the user (and/or Google) intends to use the material for something else void this contract? -- André Engels, andreeng...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ foundation-l mailing list foundation-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
