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Old April 12th, 2003, 08:18 PM
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Does this bother anyone?

The fact that when you add a site to DMOZ it says

You agree to:

To grant Netscape Communications Corporation a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, publish, copy, edit, modify, or create derivative works from my submission.

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uummmmmmm - We really should read agreements more. I've never seen this!!
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Is this not talking about your description you entered?

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It's taking about your submission, not about your site content
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It doesn't specify what it's talking about...

Here is the full agreement (not long) after you click add url at the bottom.

Submission Agreement

In exchange for ODP's consideration of the site I am submitting, I agree
To be bound by the ODP's Terms of Use.

>To waive any claim related to the inclusion, placement, exclusion, or removal of this or any other site in the ODP Directory or to the title or description of any site appearing in the ODP Directory; and

>To grant Netscape Communications Corporation a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, publish, copy, edit, modify, or create derivative works from my submission.

>I also acknowledge that Netscape and the ODP have unfettered editorial discretion to determine the structure and content of the directory and that, because a site's placement in the directory is subject to change or deletion at any time, I may not rely on any aspect of a site's inclusion in the directory. (i.e. "submission" means the title and descriptive information you supply for your site, not the actual website or its contents).

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>> It doesn't specify what it's talking about...

From the Submission agreement, already copied in the post above (bold added by me):

[omissis]To grant Netscape Communications Corporation a non-exclusive, royalty-free license to use, publish, copy, edit, modify, or create derivative works from my submission.

[omissis] (i.e. "submission" means the title and descriptive information you supply for your site, not the actual website or its contents)

Honestly, I don't know how this could be spelled out more clearly

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Could have used <h1> tags
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I did read the agreement before submitting, and it seemed clear to me that submission refers to the stuff in the form that you submitted. That would be the title, url and description.

Of course, the fair use interpretation of copyright laws pretty much lets anyone use this amount of information without asking so the agreement seems a bit odd to me. But I could see some one getting ticked off on changes to the description of their site before DMOZ posting it and trying to sue on copyright violation.

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