January 9, 2023 - Just recently, AWS has updated its terms of service and well, the usual. What you can and cannot do, but the funny thing is point 42.10, which in a nutshell, says that they prohibit the use of their Lumberyard services in case of a zombie apocalypse.

April 16, 2020 - If the world ever ends via a virus ... has updated its terms of service with a special clause that kicks in in the event of corpses consuming human flesh and the fall of civilisation....

February 9, 2016 - In one of the new clauses related to Lumberyard, Amazon says that developers can't use its materials for "life-critical or safety-critical systems." However, that rule will be voided if there is a "a widespread viral infection transmitted via bites or contact with bodily fluids that causes human corpses to reanimate and seek to consume living human flesh, blood, brain or nerve tissue and is likely to result in the fall of organized civilization." So, if the zombies attack, feel free to use Lumberyard in any way you please.

May 21, 2016 - Amazon's new terms of service won't apply in the event of a zombie apocalypse.

October 23, 2021 - However, this restriction will not apply in the event of the occurrence (certified by the United States Centers for Disease Control or successor body) of a widespread viral infection transmitted via bites or contact with bodily fluids that causes human corpses to reanimate and seek to consume living human flesh, blood, brain or nerve tissue and is likely to result in the fall of organized civilization.

September 8, 2021 - The terms of service for Amazon’s Lumberyard state that the game engine can be used in the event of a widespread zombie apocalypse, if the CDC certifies it as such.

February 10, 2016 - "This restriction will not apply in the event of the occurrence (certified by the United States Centers for Disease Control or successor body) of a widespread viral infection transmitted via bites or contact with bodily fluids that causes human corpses to reanimate and seek to consume living human flesh, blood, brain or nerve tissue and is likely to result in the fall of organized civilization," Amazon said in its terms of service.

August 6, 2021 - I suppose the author was just having a bit of fun. After all, who reads the terms of service anyways? ... I always assumed they were copy pasted but yeah I bet companies have strict policies about the TOS. rip whoever writes it. ... Orrrrr Amazon is behind something.

August 10, 2022 - Just recently, AWS has updated its terms of service and well, the usual. What you can and cannot do, but the funny thing is point 42.10, which in a nutshell, says that they prohibit the use of their Lumberyard services in case of a zombie apocalypse.

February 10, 2016 - But if zombies aren’t munching on your neighbor’s brains, Amazon clearly states you shouldn't use its free gaming engine to run critical medical equipment or self-driving cars. Most anything else goes. That’s the wry bit of fun buried deep in the Terms and Conditions for Amazon’s Web-hosting service as it pertains to Lumberyard, the company’s newly-released video-game development software.

March 21, 2019 - Amazon's Lumberyard is a free game engine that gives designers a host of orc-killing, mine-crafting, princess-in-the-castle-freeing tools, should they agree to some simple terms of service. And those terms include a hidden zombie clause, relaxing restrictions on Lumberyard should the world be overrun by brain-eating reanimated corpses.

6 days ago - 1.14.3 These Service Terms incorporate the Standard Contractual Clauses between controllers and processors (“Controller-to-Processor Clauses”) and the Standard Contractual Clauses between processors (“Processor-to-Processor Clauses”) approved by the European Commission Implementing ...

February 10, 2016 - So clause 57.10 spells it out: "The Lumberyard Materials are not intended for use with life-critical or safety-critical systems, such as use in operation of medical equipment, automated transportation systems, autonomous vehicles, aircraft or ...

February 22, 2021 - However, this restriction will not apply in the event of the occurrence (certified by the United States Centers for Disease Control or successor body) of a widespread viral infection transmitted via bites or contact with bodily fluids that causes human corpses to reanimate and seek to consume living human flesh, blood, brain or nerve tissue and is likely to result in the fall of organized civilization.

September 3, 2021 - However, this restriction [about acceptable use] will not apply in the event of the occurrence (certified by the United States Centers for Disease Control or successor body) of a widespread viral infection transmitted via bites or contact with bodily fluids that causes human corpses to reanimate and seek to consume living human flesh, blood, brain or nerve tissue and is likely to result in the fall of organized civilization. The T&C, including the zombie clause, were updated yesterday. Apparently Amazon still fears an outbreak. Does it know something that we don’t? And it’s not just Amazon, the world’s largest retailer, which has the heebie-jeebies about zombies. MailChimp, which provides MercatorNet’s email service, states in its terms and conditions that it cannot be held liable for interruption of service under these circumstances:

January 21, 2022 - Amazon’s terms of service says Lumberyard is not intended for use with “life-critical or safety-critical systems,” except in a zombie apocalypse.

July 31, 2023 - Hidden clauses like the one in Amazon Web Services 2016 cloud Service Level Agreement, can cost your organization.

March 13, 2023 - Yes, that's right: Amazon has a clause that releases you from its restriction of using AWS for life or safety critical services in the event of a zombie outbreak. The United States Strategic Command has your back, too, if you prefer an organization ...

February 11, 2016 - Amazon released its open-source game engine, Lumberyard, for free this week. This means extensive customization for game developers, unless they're looking to use Lumberyard to run "life-critical or safety-critical systems," like medical equipment, self-driving cars, or nuclear facilities. That's totally against the rules, according to the company's terms of service—until the zombie apocalypse comes.

May 21, 2019 - There are plenty of Zombie Movies around, Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Shaun of the Dead to name but a few, but do you really need to update your business Terms & Conditions to include Terms of the Living Dead ? Amazon’s Web Services Arm clearly thought so when they inserted clause 57.10 into their AWS Service terms for the unveiling of their new games development engine on 9th February: