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@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@ --- -# TODO: -# - Revisit content license -# - Update for payment changes title: Terms of Service --- @@ -60,15 +57,16 @@ this address. If we are unable to reach you, your account may be terminated. ## Permissible use -You must obey all local and US laws in the course of using the service. You will -not utilize the service to transmit or store content which is unlawful. The -following additional types of content are explicitly prohibited: +You must obey all local, US, and Dutch laws in the course of using the service. +You will not utilize the service to transmit or store content which is unlawful. +The following additional types of content are explicitly prohibited: - explicit sexual content - malware in executable form; or in source form without obvious disclaimers describing the legal and practical risks of use - any content which utilizes our platform for malware delivery or activation - content which infringes on any copyright, patent, or trademark you do not own +- content related to cryptocurrency or blockchain technologies You must not deliberately use the services for the purpose of: @@ -77,6 +75,7 @@ You must not deliberately use the services for the purpose of: - impersonating any person other than yourself or organizations you are authorized to represent - spamming, unsolicited advertising, or solicitation +- threatening or harassing others - cryptocurrency mining You may use automated tools to obtain public information from the services for @@ -85,15 +84,26 @@ recruiting, solicitation, or profit. ## Content rights -You are solely responsible for any content you provide to the service. Upon -upload, you grant sr.ht a non-exclusive and indefinite license to use and -display your content in ways required for the appropriate operation of our -services. If you make your content public through privacy tools on our services, -you grant other users of the network the right to view and use your content -through the tools provided by our services. - -You may grant additional rights on your content, for example by providing a -LICENSE or COPYING file in git repositories hosted on git.sr.ht. +When uploading content to SourceHut, you must have the right to do so. You grant +SourceHut sufficient rights for the operation of the services in relation to +your content, such as the right to display the content on the website. These +rights are revoked upon the removal of your content from our services. We may +retain your content in system (e.g. for backups) for up to six weeks, but it +will not displayed on our website during this period. + +If you own the copyright for the content you upload, these rights are granted +automatically when you upload the content. If you do not own the copyright, in +part or in full, you must have received a license which provides for these +rights. You may not upload content for which you do not own the copyright and +have not received a suitable license. + +*"Free software" and "open source" licenses (defined respectively by the Free +Software Foundation and the Open Source Initiative) provide for these rights, as +well as all Creative Commons licenses. Other licenses may or may not provide +these rights, and it is your responsibility to check. + +You are encouraged to add a free software license to your project. [Read our +recommendations here](https://man.sr.ht/license.md).* You may request an archive of all of your content on the service by writing an email to Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com> and allowing up to 2 weeks for an archive |