Chrome: Google changes the license

On Fri, September 5, 2008 in Blogging , Open Source & Copyright , Privacy , by Ernesto Belisario

Over the last two post I expressed my concern about some provisions of the license to use Chrome, the new Google browser, hoping for a revision of the EULA. Well the concerns of the entire blogosphere have already prompted Google to change any of the clauses in question. Predictably, the first change was the clause [...]

Google Chrome: still on license

On Wed, September 3, 2008, in Copyright , Miscellaneous , by Ernesto Belisario

In the previous post I presented some concerns in relation to the EULA of Google Chrome, the new browser that everyone talks about. Too focused on privacy issues, I have culpably neglected a strange and potentially dangerous, clause regarding copyright. 11. License granted by you to the Contents 11.1 You retain copyright and any [...]

Google Chrome: read the license

On Wed, September 3, 2008 in Miscellaneous , Privacy , by Ernesto Belisario

Twenty-four hours on the web talking almost exclusively of the news of the launch of Chrome, Google's new browser. After a short wait and a much followed the presentation, many (including myself) have been quick to download and install what has been called "the browser of the future." Obviously you will not find reviews or [...]