Terms of Service will change when Trimble takes over

Existing users of Sketchup will have to agree to new terms

When Trimble officially takes over Sketchup in the near future, you may want to take a look at their terms of service agreement. Google posted a notice on Thursday, May 3rd, announcing that the existing terms are not going to be identical to what Trimble is going to require from you in order to use Sketchup.

The notice states the following: On the Closing Date all rights and obligations of Google under the SketchUp and SketchUp Pro license terms will assign to Trimble. Users of SketchUp after the Closing Date will become Trimble users.

They also specifically state that the Google 3D warehouse will be transfered to Trimble as well, but they are under agreement that Google will continue to host the 3D warehouse on their servers. So you will continue to access the 3D warehouse by going to sketchup.google.com/3dwarehouse

Key points to make note of:

• All license rights in geolocated models (e.g. 3D buildings viewable on Google Earth) submitted before the Closing Date will remain with Google. Google will provide Trimble with a license right to use these models in Trimble’s products (including continued use in SketchUp and in any future 3D model repository which Trimble may create).
• All license rights in non-geolocated models (e.g. 3D models of everyday objects not tied to a location) submitted before the Closing Date will be assigned to Trimble on the Closing Date. By continuing to store non-geolocated models in the 3D Warehouse after the Closing Date you consent to the assignment by Google of its rights and obligations to Trimble.
• License rights in all models submitted after the Closing Date will belong to Trimble. Trimble will provide a license right to these models to Google for their use in Google Earth and Google Maps, where relevant.

If you do not agree to the new terms, you can of course opt out. But this means you will agree not to use Sketchup, so you're sort of in a tight spot. The official Trimble terms of use regarding Sketchup have not been published yet, but you can view their privacy policy here.