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.

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.

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 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.

June 10, 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 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....

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.

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?

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.

"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.

February 25, 2020 - 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.’ · The acceptable use policy contained in the Amazon Terms of Service contractually prohibits the use of the Lumberyard Materials for numerous, non exclusive, life or safety critical systems.

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.

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.

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.

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 ?

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. That’s right, you can use Lumberyard for whatever you please when there’s a zombie apocalypse. We’re glad Amazon has made sure to take care of this important point, because who reads the terms anyway?

May 11, 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. The most amazing thing about this discovery is that it means that someone, somewhere read the terms of conditions.

February 10, 2016 - That is, except, in one specific situation: the fall of society caused by a zombie apocalypse. Its terms and conditions state that restrictions "will not apply in the event of the occurrence ..