FYI -------- Forwarded Message -------- Subject: Update to the GitHub Terms of Service Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2017 18:44:27 +0000 From: GitHub Legal Team <[email protected]> Reply-To: GitHub Legal Team <[email protected]> To: [email protected] GitHub Developer Program - Nov 2016 GitHub, Inc. <http://github.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d7ced8c4bbd6c2f238673f0f&id=10b1b53214&e=ab52dd9134> <http://github.us11.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=9d7ced8c4bbd6c2f238673f0f&id=2246176275&e=ab52dd9134> Joe Mazzellafrom GitHub's LegalTeam here. I'm writing to let you know that we're in the process of updating GitHub's Terms of Service that govern your use of GitHub, as mentioned in our blog post <http://github.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d7ced8c4bbd6c2f238673f0f&id=d7fdb611f7&e=ab52dd9134>. We have not made any changes to the Amendment to GitHub Terms of Service Applicable to U.S. Federal Government Users, except that in the future, we will not be sending out email notifications about material changes to the Terms. We're looking to push the revised Terms of Service live on /February 28, 2017./ In general, this update lets us do a better job of putting our current business practices in clearer terms for our users. Therefore, we're updating our Terms to make them less ambiguous and easier to read so that you know what you’re agreeing to. Some of the changes you’ll find in the new Terms of Service: * *Reading the Terms:* You’ll find a table of contents, as well as a summary of every section in plain English. * *Acceptable Use:* We have clarified our Acceptable Use Policy, including our policy on scraping and misuse of GitHub Users’ personal information. * *Ownership of Content:* We don’t claim any ownership rights to the content you upload to GitHub. What’s yours is yours. In the new Terms, however, we have added an explicit license to clarify our right to store and serve it without violating your rights. * *Contributions Under Repository License:* To address growing confusion over licensing and contributions to others’ projects, we added a section to clarify that the standard licensing rules of open source contribution apply, commonly referred to as "inbound=outbound". If it does not suit your needs, you may add your own Contributor License Agreement to your repository. * *GitHub Pages terms:* We have clarified our rules regarding GitHub Pages. * *Advertising on GitHub:* Advertising is not prohibited on GitHub, but it is heavily scrutinized because we don’t want to become a spam haven. Our Terms now describe the kind of advertising that GitHub allows. The Existing Terms of Service <http://github.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d7ced8c4bbd6c2f238673f0f&id=d0b87a6292&e=ab52dd9134> The Proposed Terms of Service <http://github.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d7ced8c4bbd6c2f238673f0f&id=d3a2627e65&e=ab52dd9134> To be clear, no action is required on your part to accept the new Terms of Service. And just to reiterate what I mentioned above, there are no changes to the Government amendment, other than the way we will notify you of material changes. If you have any questions, suggestions, feedback, or if there is any way we can help improve your experience in the open source community, please feel free to contact us at [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>. We'd <3 to hear from you! Cheers and open source, Joe Mazzellaand GitHub's LegalTeam Unsubscribe <http://github.us11.list-manage1.com/unsubscribe?u=9d7ced8c4bbd6c2f238673f0f&id=f5e32ac5da&e=ab52dd9134&c=c412ba7162> • Email preferences <http://github.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d7ced8c4bbd6c2f238673f0f&id=6f0ff23bcc&e=ab52dd9134> Terms <http://github.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d7ced8c4bbd6c2f238673f0f&id=235065631c&e=ab52dd9134> • Privacy <http://github.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d7ced8c4bbd6c2f238673f0f&id=1f75487f09&e=ab52dd9134> • Log in to GitHub <http://github.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d7ced8c4bbd6c2f238673f0f&id=294000ffc9&e=ab52dd9134> <http://github.us11.list-manage.com/track/click?u=9d7ced8c4bbd6c2f238673f0f&id=bdaf400b6f&e=ab52dd9134> GitHub, Inc. 88 Colin P Kelly Jr St. San Francisco, CA 94107