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How could anyone host your content on their servers without a license? How could they link to your content from a widget if it wasn't transferable? Is there a
by shawndrost 13y ago
How could anyone host your content on their servers without a license? How could they link to your content from a widget if it wasn't transferable? Is there a comparable TOS that you prefer?
"By submitting Content to Automattic for inclusion on your Website, you grant Automattic a world-wide, royalty-free, and non-exclusive license to reproduce, modify, adapt and publish the Content solely for the purpose of displaying, distributing and promoting your blog."
http://en.wordpress.com/tos/ http://en.wordpress.com/tos/
- UweSchmidt 13y agoThanks, I learned that form mrkurt's link to a previous discussion below. Over there they also suggest that Medium's license is a bit more far-reaching than wordpress' license. Still, maybe a wake up call to check what all those "licenses" and "contracts" that we click-to-agree on all the time mean, and to see if we can't roll our own every now and then.
- cfinke 13y ago"The license has no restriction as to [...] type of systems or products that may be used in conjunction with your User Content." vs. "solely for the purpose of displaying, distributing and promoting your blog." That's the difference.
- aaronbrethorst 13y agoSo when the official Medium iOS app comes out, they'll have to go back to every single contributor and get them to agree to having their articles published in the iOS app. And then the iPad app. And then the Android app.
- tuxracer 13y agoWould each new app not be covered by "solely for the purpose of displaying, distributing and promoting your blog."?