April 16, 2020 - Break-glass and use gaming engine for live military combat operations in the advent of zombies. Photograph: Awakening/Getty Images ... Updated terms of use ban game engine from use for anything ‘life or safety-critical’ except in advent of reanimated human corpses ... If the world ever ends via a virus that “causes human corpses to reanimate” – a zombie apocalypse by any other name - then Amazon’s got your back, sort of.

February 10, 2016 - Unless, that is, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (or a successor body, should Atlanta have fallen) has declared a zombie apocalypse. Or as Amazon's terms put it, “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.”

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.

February 10, 2016 - There is, however, an exception: "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." Will the CDC have time to certify a Zombie Apocalypse? For this is surely what Amazon envisages here.

"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 (AMZN) said in its terms of service.

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.

January 9, 2023 - Plus the restriction is only lifted if the CDC declares a zombie apocalypse. General military activity does not fall under it. Finally, the (US) military can pretty much just use your software however they want and deny any requests in court for reasons of national security. The reason military is prohibited from using lumberyard is likely that Amazon is not THAT confident the thing won't suddenly break.

May 21, 2016 - Amazon's terms of service go on to state: "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." It's not the first time unusual conditions have been placed in terms of service.

February 11, 2016 - At least we’ll have Amazon’s gaming engine when the zombies come for us. ... It’s hard to imagine the kind of person who would read all the way through Amazon Web Services’ massive terms of service agreement. At more than 26,000 words, the document is denser and more digressive than Tristram Shandy, a veritable post-apocalyptic wasteland of legalese that dictates how users can and cannot employ products from the e-retailer’s massively profitable cloud computing division.

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 11, 2016 - Terms and Conditions in free software ... Good morning. I'm Mary Louise Kelly with word that when the zombie apocalypse arrives, Amazon's terms of service will no longer apply....

March 13, 2023 - In fact, Strategic Command identifies numerous zombie types, starting with the garden-variety Pathogenic Zombies, Radiation Zombies, and Evil Magic Zombies, to more obscure types such as Vegetarian Zombies and Chicken Zombies.

June 9, 2019 - I remember working for an ISP whose software (basic dial-up stuff) had a death and dismemberment clause in the EULA. ... For quite some time. https://venturebeat.com/2016/02/09/amazon-adds-zombie-apocalypse-reference-to-its-aws-terms/

February 10, 2016 - Amazon says its newly released game-development software shouldn’t be used for “life-critical or safety-critical systems”— except for in the event of a zombie invasion. The terms of service for Lumberyard, Amazon’s new package for game creators, say that the software isn’t intended for use to operate medical equipment, automated transport systems, aircraft or air traffic control, manned spacecraft, or military use, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.

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. ... Should the zombie apocalypse come to pass, a tool for developing games and simulators supplied by Amazon Web Services (AWS) can be used in the fight. However, you’ll need to read the fine print, conditions ...

March 2, 2018 - 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. ... Strictly speaking, the clause doesn”t use the word “zombie”, but we all know what Amazon is thinking, right?

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.

September 8, 2021 - 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.

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.

February 10, 2016 - "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," section 57.10 of the terms document says. Read More: Amazon Prime Now Has 54 Million U.S.