From 0abda7d681ce31ebe23d2dffdaafb9d47ed2ac5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Neil Brown Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2025 16:57:59 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Initial tweaks around the scope of licence to deal with RSS, search engines etc. --- sample_terms.md | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/sample_terms.md b/sample_terms.md index c25f95c..9ee9df9 100644 --- a/sample_terms.md +++ b/sample_terms.md @@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ Nothing in these terms gives us ownership of your Content. Whoever owns the Cont When you upload Content to the Service, you automatically grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, royalty-free licence solely to operate and maintain the Service. This includes: * hosting your Content -* making your Content available to, and transmitting your Content to, other users and other servers, and any transformations and modifications necessary to do this [# this could do with some work, to reflect the nuances of ActivityPub] +* making your Content available to, and transmitting your Content to, other users and other servers (which, in each case, might store your Content on their own, or third party's computers), and any transformations and modifications necessary to do this. + * When you upload Content to the Service, you are making it available via the Internet. Anyone, or any computer, might access your Content via RSS aggregators and readers, embed your Content in web pages and other media, or index and store your Content in search engines and databases. * moderating Content in accordance with the Moderation Policy If you delete your Content, your licence to us, in respect of that Content, ends automatically. However, because this is a federated service, Content that you upload to the Service may - and probably will - be transferred to other people's servers. Deleting Content from the Service does not guarantee that it will be deleted from other servers or people's computers, as this is outside our (and your) control.