Comments on: Automattic TOS, did you notice that?

By: selven

selven — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:19:15 +0000

no idea about those, i’ll see if i can see anything on it, but my point is that.. you empower wordpress.com to modify your speech whenever they want :p.. which can be.. if at all.. dangerous for our freedom.

By: morinn

morinn — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:33:49 +0000

In fact I’ve heard of these little probs with WP’s TOS. Some people were quite alarmed with it, but the thing is, are there any cases where the content has been modified for this so-called publicity? It would have been fun to know, to say the least!

By: selven

selven — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 14:42:27 +0000

LOL

By: Permal.R

Permal.R — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 13:07:33 +0000

This is why EFF and NNSquad exist – to screw back when being screwed.
Yes, the whole screwing process can be avoided but things will be dull then.

By: selven

selven — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 12:22:10 +0000

well.. those small details are what lawyers.. would use to screw someone up.

By: Permal.R

Permal.R — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 08:01:18 +0000

some things are obvious. plus, if it had to block say extreme child pedophilia related porn literature, it would do so. if wordpress.com screws up, members will flee and it won’t do that.
i do agree that the TOS could should be lengthen a bit covering certain areas but like i said, certain things are top obvious even to cover on an agreement – else, it will make you appear dumb.

By: selven

selven — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 18:06:20 +0000

naa, not for akismet, i don’t use akismet.
It was for a stats plugin.

Automattic is the company or engine and it needs to be able to “post, store, delete and update” your blog. you’re not doing it manually. hence, it needs you to agree to that agreement,
indeed, but it didn’t mentioned that IT WON’T RESTRICT itself to that…hence a flaw.

+$3|v3n

By: Permal.R

Permal.R — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 17:35:43 +0000

My dear Selven, Automattic is the company or engine and it needs to be able to “post, store, delete and update” your blog. you’re not doing it manually. hence, it needs you to agree to that agreement,
And if you click delete article/post, it can take a while for the record to get purged.
Only CRUD functions are meant in this agreement and it’s not a dictatorial TOS.
If you are registering there for Akismet, please do know that there are other plugins for dealing with spam aside from Akismet.
I am not a blogger myself but I have built several commenting system off wordpress since it saves time and money. The TOS is ok.
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