free hard drive space (Gdrive)

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Re: free hard drive space (Gdrive)

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Gmail: Program policies wrote:Prohibited Actions

In addition to (and/or as some examples of) the violations described in the terms of service, users may not:
# Modify, adapt, translate, or reverse engineer any portion of the Gmail Service
# Remove any copyright, trademark or other proprietary rights notices contained in or on the Gmail Service
# Reformat or frame any portion of the web pages that are part of the Gmail Service
# Use the Gmail Service in connection with illegal peer-to-peer file sharing
I'm not sure how many of these that program is breaking, but...
Google Terms of Service wrote:5.3 You agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the Services by any means other than through the interface that is provided by Google, unless you have been specifically allowed to do so in a separate agreement with Google. You specifically agree not to access (or attempt to access) any of the Services through any automated means (including use of scripts or web crawlers) and shall ensure that you comply with the instructions set out in any robots.txt file present on the Services.
...it sure seems to be breaking this.

Basically, a search will bring up plenty of people asking whether or not this is legal. What I figure is that it's like going five miles per hour over the speed limit: the officers won't pull you over, but it's still breaking the law. Let your own moral compass decide if you're going to break the law or not by using it, since you won't get in trouble if you do.
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