Amazon’s zombie apocalypse clause has been added to Amazon’s web services policies

On the eve of Amazon Web Services launched the new GameLift service and opened access to the free open-source 3D game engine Lumberyard. In this regard, the rules for using services were updated on the AWS website - in particular, items related to the game engine were added. In one of the paragraphs, the company's lawyers decided to mention the rules for using new services in the case of a zombie apocalypse.

Paragraph 57.10 states:

Validity and safety critical systems. Use of Lumberyard Materials must be in accordance with AWS Acceptable Use Policy. Lumberyard Materials cannot be used in systems that depend on life or safety - medical equipment control, automatic transportation systems, robomobiles, flight control, nuclear power plants, spacecraft or military applications related to military operations. This restriction does not apply to cases (confirmed by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) of a viral infection transmitted through bites or contact with bodily fluids that cause human corpses to come to life and go in search of living flesh, blood, brain or nerve tissue that could lead to to the fall of human civilization.

Apparently, Amazon thus flirts with the target audience - game developers, among which games, movies and zombie series are always popular. The rest of the usage agreement looks pretty strict.

Lumberyard is a game engine distributed by the Internet giant for free. The company plans to earn money on its web services - the engine integrates the use of AWS, Twitch and Double Helix. It is understood that the creators of multiplayer games will use these services.

However, Amazon generously allows you to create single-player games on this engine that do not require an Internet connection. The Lumberyard engine is based on another well-known CryEngine game engine, licensed by Amazon last summer.at Crytek for $ 50 million.

Screenshots of the engine: