Launchpad to be free

[Ben Scott]

On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 8:43 AM, Greg Rundlett
<greg_rundlett at harvard.edu> wrote:
> Sourceforge's TOS basically "All your code are belong to
> us" (you grant them a proprietary license [1]).

  That's a bit much.  Now, their TOS are confusing, no doubt about it.
 But in addition what you're looking at, they also state "Except for
Feedback ... COMPANY claims no ownership or control over any Content.
You ... retain all intellectual property rights ...".  Certainly, at
*NO* point, do they claim proprietary rights (ownership).  Don't
believe everything you read on Wikipedia.  They also qualify some of
their licensing statements with "... on SourceForge.net".  It reads
like an overzealous lawyer trying to make sure they have the right to
actually do what they're trying to do, i.e., copy and distribute
content.

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-- Ben