November 5, 2020 - But it's amazon.. Is it worth being offended by? Eh. Who reads those things anyways? ... Lumberyard project is game engine. It shouldn’t be used in medical software, except… ... I get it - like I said, companies will try to cover everything they can, realistic, legal, or likely, in their terms and conditions.

June 16, 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/

August 7, 2021 - 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. Or what you said. ... Oh, this has been brought up many times before. They know about it. No telling who’s idea it was originally, but clearly this is the approved version. ... The idea of people being bored and just putting random stuff isn't uncommon.

February 9, 2016 - This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. ... Only the fall of civilization from a widespread zombie attack will release you from Amazon’s terms of service for one of its new products.

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.

October 12, 2021 - I'm guessing that it's also compatible with VR and speech recognition, which makes it a good free development engine. If the engine malfunctions, a lawyer could try to pin liability on Amazon. This clause means that Amazon is saying that "it's not rated for those purposes, use a different engine". The zombie part looks like a fun, hidden joke that allows the software to be used in event of a zombie apocalypse as zombies jokes go back pretty far in gaming.

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....

April 16, 2020 - Updated terms of use ban game engine from use for anything ‘life or safety-critical’ except in advent of reanimated human corpses

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

August 10, 2022 - As I said before, it is difficult to understand what is written in this paragraph of the “Amazon” document. But it looks really creepy and raises a lot of questions … · Internet users have already begun to debate this problem and the comments are very weird… · People who laugh from irony, ironically claiming that it is a joke ... “When zombies are hungry, they won’t stop until they find food for them, which means you need to disappear from the city as quickly as possible.”

October 1, 2015 - Here's news coverage of the clause from USA Today: https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/02/10/amazon-adds-zombie-apocalypse-disclaimer-new-video-game-engine-terms/80183780/ ... The section being discussed is in the TOS from Amazon Lumberyard, a game engine. I found it and there are no bogeymen in it.

February 11, 2016 - Charming as it is, clauses like this one don’t actually encourage us to read the terms of service. Instead they mostly work to make a joke of our failure to do so. A few publications that have reported on the zombie clause have taken the story as an opportunity to point out other, less sexy, details from the document. Ars Technica’s Kyle Orland, for example, notes that the engine collects information about where, how, and when it gets put to work.

January 9, 2023 - As I said before, it is difficult to understand what is written in this paragraph of the “Amazon” document. But it looks really creepy and raises a lot of questions… · Internet users have already begun to debate this problem and the comments are very weird… · People who laugh from irony, ironically claiming that it is a joke ... “When zombies are hungry, they won’t stop until they find food for them, which means you need to disappear from the city as quickly as possible.”

October 19, 2019 - That means zombie apocalypse confirmed. Amazon employees still don't have a proper pee break. Wonder if they would still be forced to work if they're getting devoured. Reply · reply · link-is-legend · • · Someone actually reads terms and conditions · Reply · reply ·

March 13, 2023 - However, this restriction will ... 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....

January 1, 2021 - You gotta figure Amazon will find a way to harvest Zombies and get them to work in their warehouses when the apocalypse comes- this clause jus shows they're prepared and know it's coming. ... I'm more surprised you read the terms and conditions. Who does that?

May 11, 2021 - There’s a fun easter egg in the ToC of Amazon Web Services’ Lumberyard—a free proprietary game engine. Buried in section 57.10, which refers to the “acceptable use” of Lumberyard, is this clause, which I’ve bolded for emphasis: Acceptable Use; Safety-Critical Systems.

February 10, 2016 - Yes, you can't make drones with it. Amazon's already covered there and doesn't want you trampling on its territory.

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.

December 26, 2020 - I’m guessing one of those copyright protection statements, that make it obvious when a company just copied and pasted the terms of service for their company?? Pretty funny way to do it, unless they know what’s coming after Covid. ... Lumberyard is no longer offered. An archive of the policy is available on their Github: https://github.com/aws/lumberyard/blob/master/LICENSE.txt ... A place to discuss AMC’s Mad Men, a critically acclaimed psychological period-drama series that earned sixteen Emmys and five Golden Globes.