Does anybody read English? The Aggregat8 TOS actually states the Microsoft DOES NOT claim ownership of what is posted. It clearly says that MS has the right to license THE RIGHT (NOT LICENSE YOUR CODE) to copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat, NONE of which implies transfer of ownership. That clause is actually essential for user to share their stuff... without it you should theoratically ask permission to the originator of any piece of code you borrow from the Internet.
Check out the YouTube TOS, not very different!
" For clarity, you retain all of your ownership rights in your User Submissions. However, by submitting the User Submissions to YouTube, you hereby grant YouTube a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicenseable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform the User Submissions in connection with the YouTube Website and YouTube's (and its successor's) business, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the YouTube Website (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels. "
So, to all you geniuses that are afraid of posting your latest ground-breaking, world-changing code... sleep tight... your rights are intact. Proving it might be a different story though!
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So... that's where the message from Princess Leia came out of ;)
Does anybody read English? The Aggregat8 TOS actually states the Microsoft DOES NOT claim ownership of what is posted. It clearly says that MS has the right to license THE RIGHT (NOT LICENSE YOUR CODE) to copy, distribute, transmit, publicly display, publicly perform, reproduce, edit, translate and reformat, NONE of which implies transfer of ownership. That clause is actually essential for user to share their stuff... without it you should theoratically ask permission to the originator of any piece of code you borrow from the Internet. Check out the YouTube TOS, not very different! " For clarity, you retain all of your ownership rights in your User Submissions. However, by submitting the User Submissions to YouTube, you hereby grant YouTube a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicenseable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, and perform the User Submissions in connection with the YouTube Website and YouTube's (and its successor's) business, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the YouTube Website (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels. " So, to all you geniuses that are afraid of posting your latest ground-breaking, world-changing code... sleep tight... your rights are intact. Proving it might be a different story though!