[OPLINTECH] Google Docs legal issues (Chad Neeper's post)

[Chip Kruthoffer]

Thanks for the InfoWeek article, Chad. Lane PL, like several other libraries
in Ohio, uses the Premier edition (paid edition) of GAFYD, which offers a
different TOS:

http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/terms/premier_terms.html<%20http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/terms/premier_terms.html>

To directly quote one of the article's COMMENTS:

*The terms of service referenced in this article are for the free Google
services. If you're a business, you're not using that - you're using Google
Apps Premier Edition, which has significantly different terms of service:

http://www.google.com/apps/intl/en/terms/premier_terms.html

Under those terms, Google can't just arbitrarily stop providing access to
your data. In that context, this article is a bit silly and alarmist.

Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software*


The author birngs up important points to consider, and I don't necessarily
think the article is "a bit silly and alarmist". I do find a lot of FUD
about GoogleApps and cloud computing in general that should be read
critically. (The same holds true going the other direction* promoting* cloud
computing, of course.)

-- 
Chip Kruthoffer, Systems Manager
Lane Public Library ~ http://www.lanepl.org
1396 University Blvd. (Admin. Center)
Hamilton, Ohio 45011
Phone: (513) 785-2706 ~ Fax: (513) 894-6558
Email: c <dot> kruthoffer <at> lanepl <dot> org
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