--- title: Amazon Terms of Service Won't Apply During Zombie Apocalypse description: Amazon says the terms of service for it's newly released game-development software don't apply in the event of a zombie invasion. canonical: https://time.com/4215888/amazon-lumberyard-zombie-apocalypse/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-02-10T19:18:30.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:29:55.677Z og:title: Amazon Terms of Service Won't Apply During a Zombie Apocalypse og:description: The rules are out the window if the CDC says theres a zombie attack. og:url: https://time.com/4215888/amazon-lumberyard-zombie-apocalypse/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Amazon Terms of Service Won't Apply During a Zombie Apocalypse twitter:description: The rules are out the window if the CDC says theres a zombie attack. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Amazon's New Terms of Service Won't Apply During a Zombie Apocalypse by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Feb 10, 2016 7:18 PM UTC by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Feb 10, 2016 7:18 PM UTC [Amazon](http://time.com/4211314/super-bowl-ads-2016/item/amazon-super-bowl-ad/) says its newly released game-development software shouldn’t be used for “life-critical or safety-critical systems”— [except for in the event of a zombie invasion](http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2016/02/10/if-zombies-attack-ignore-the-terms-for-amazons-new-game-engine/). The terms of service for Lumberyard, Amazon’s new package for [game creators](http://time.com/4198718/most-anticipated-video-games-2016/), say that the software isn’t intended for use to operate medical equipment, automated transport systems, aircraft or air traffic control, manned spacecraft, or military use, according to a report by the Wall Street _Journal_. All bets are off, however, if the U.S. Centers for Disease Control confirm 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.” Lumberyard was released for free Monday and the game engine is integrated into the Amazon’s cloud services and other platforms. This isn’t the company’s first foray into the zombie apocalypse — their [zombie protection store](http://www.amazon.com/b?node=5887594011) is no joke. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4215888/amazon-lumberyard-zombie-apocalypse/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4215888/amazon-lumberyard-zombie-apocalypse/"},"headline":"Amazon's New Terms of Service Won't Apply During a Zombie Apocalypse","datePublished":"2016-02-10T19:18:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:29:55.677Z","description":"The rules are out the window if the CDC says theres a zombie attack","url":"https://time.com/4215888/amazon-lumberyard-zombie-apocalypse/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Tech","Amazon","legal","Companies"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4215888/amazon-lumberyard-zombie-apocalypse/","name":"Amazon's New Terms of Service Won't Apply During a Zombie Apocalypse"}}]}] ```