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Improve legal clarity

Open throwaway-d opened this issue 2 years ago • 2 comments

  • https://www.redditinc.com/policies/trademark-use-policy
  • https://codeberg.org/video-prize-ranch/rimgo/issues/56
  1. Add legal notice to README.md that includes:
  • Trademark notice
  • Affiliation notice
  • Libreddit doesn't host any content. All content on Libreddit is from Reddit. Any issues with content should be reported to Reddit.
  1. Add legal notice to the website footer.

  2. Probably replace the Snoo icon with something else. Snoo icon

seasoned users of Libreddit will recognize that the Snoo has been replaced with an r/ graphic, which I did in https://github.com/ferritreader/libreddit-fork/pull/7 to address a (potential) Reddit API TOS violation

Some companies require this extra step. Some don't.

  1. Add ™ symbol immediately after the first or most prominent reference to any trademarked names (Reddit™) OR add ™ symbol immediately after every single references to any trademarked names. https://codeberg.org/SimpleWeb/SimplyTranslate-Web/issues/43

This is purely extra to be safe.

  1. Add this disclaimer like BiblioReads

throwaway-d avatar Feb 06 '23 11:02 throwaway-d

Are the instance hosters at risk?

rfl890 avatar Feb 08 '23 20:02 rfl890

@throwaway-d Thanks for opening this! These are good ideas. Just replaced the snoo with a r/ icon in https://github.com/libreddit/libreddit/commit/f544daf8c01874b2362f84f52a0b8e8ce84b9e91.

@rfl890 No, there shouldn't be a risk to hosters.

spikecodes avatar Feb 10 '23 05:02 spikecodes