Wolfram|Alpha's Surprising Terms of Service
Found on Slashdot on Monday, 18 May 2009
Wolfram|Alpha's terms of use are completely different in that it is not a search engine, it's a computational service. The legalese says that they claim copyright on the each results page and require attribution.
Groklaw notes this is interesting considering some of its results quote 2001: A Space Odyssey or Douglas Adams. Claiming copyright on that material may be a bold move.
I don't see much of a problem there: I simply decided not to use Alpha. Nobody can force you to accept some freaky ToS. So just move on. It's not like this engine is the best invention since sliced bread.