Hi Ted, > On Apr 5, 2019, at 3:08 PM, Ted Dunning <ted.dunn...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Justin, > > THis is a huge and important point. > > I had completely forgotten that SO had these abusive terms. > > To summarize, just so everybody is clear, according to their terms of > service *anything* you put on SO is the property of SO.
Not by my reading. Contributions to the content are licensed to SO by a grant similar to the way contributions to Apache are licensed by a grant. It's not copyright assignment, it's "just a grant". From their page referenced below: You agree that any and all content, including without limitation any and all text, graphics, logos, tools, photographs, images, illustrations, software or source code, audio and video, animations, and product feedback (collectively, "Content") that you provide to the public Network (collectively, "Subscriber Content"), is perpetually and irrevocably licensed to Stack Overflow on a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive basis pursuant to Creative Commons licensing terms (CC-BY-SA), and you grant Stack Overflow the perpetual and irrevocable right and license to access, use, process, copy, distribute, export, display and to commercially exploit such Subscriber Content, even if such Subscriber Content has been contributed and subsequently removed by you... Craig > That is sooo > completely anti-Apache, that I have a hard time recommending their use at > all. > > > On Fri, Apr 5, 2019 at 2:17 PM Justin Mclean <jus...@classsoftware.com> > wrote: > >> HI, >> >> You also might want to note that anything contributed to stack overflow is >> licensed under the CC-SA-3.0 [1] which may causes issues. [2] For instance >> code from a stack overflow post can’t be included in a Apache project's >> code base. In edition also note "noncommercial use is expressly prohibited >> without prior written permission from Stack Overflow or from the copyright >> holder identified in the copyright notice per the Creative Commons License." >> >> Thanks, >> Justin >> >> 1.https://stackoverflow.com/legal/terms-of-service#licensing >> 2. http://www.tavfrna.incubator.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#cc-sa >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >> >> Craig Russell Member, Apache Incubator PMC apache....@gmail.com
