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But why do we have to give them that right to redistribute? Using github, or even better your own server, the service doesn't gain any right to redistribute my
by josephwegner 13y ago
But why do we have to give them that right to redistribute? Using github, or even better your own server, the service doesn't gain any right to redistribute my content.
- mrkurt 13y agoBecause Medium is, by definition, redistributing your content every time someone loads up the article. They just distributed the parent article to me. If they sold the company, the acquirer also needs to distribute the content (transferable). Github's terms grant them the same ability, just not as explicitly.
- pessimizer 13y agoBecause Medium just redistributed your post to us. If you use your own server then you're the one that's doing the redistributing. If they didn't have the right to redistribute, you could sue them for letting us read your essay complaining about them asking for the right to redistribute.