You can request MM to remove your code, and if you still wish to share it there are a number of alternative CF related sites on which to upload it without giving up your intellectual property. Or market it yourself.
MM markets Dev Exchange for a subscription fee - which means it has to have license to distribute all the content for which they are charging a fee. ===================================== Douglas White group Manager mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.samcfug.org ===================================== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 6:17 PM Subject: Re: Subject: MM will OWN my Devex Submissions? | Good grief. Here is the relevant excerpt from the license agreement. This wasn't there in the past. | | My cms uses and includes an ActivEdit license. The license claims I have granted MM the right to use my product's contents for free, and they have expressly made me liable for any licensing fees owed for said use (see the bottom paragraph). | | I can live with the non-commercial part -- thats why I upload stuff in the first place. However acknowledgement should be granted with regard to the work's origination. Mention of this is absent. | | The final paragraph implies that the preceding para's only take effect if an upload off of MM's servers is the situation, meaning if you force a download from your own site you retain your rights. However this is vague and could be construed against the developer. | | *WTF*?? | | ------ | | (b) You will indemnify and hold Macromedia harmless from any claim related to the Submission including any claim by a third party that the Submission infringes any copyright, patent, trademark, trade secret, rights of privacy or publicity or any other intellectual property right. Your obligation to indemnify Macromedia excludes any claims based on Macromedia-authored software. | | (c) Non-commercial Submission Only: With respect to the Non-commercial Submission only, You hereby grant Macromedia a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free and worldwide license to use, test, copy, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform, distribute, license, sublicense, offer to sell, sell, rent, lease or lend the Submission. | | (d) Commercial Submission Only: With respect to the Commercial Submission only, You hereby grant Macromedia a perpetual, irrevocable, royalty-free and worldwide license to use, test, copy, modify, create derivative works of, publicly display, publicly perform or demonstrate the Submission, and/or place a link to a website in connection with such Submission. | | IF YOU DO NOT OWN OR HAVE RIGHTS TO EVERY ELEMENT OF YOUR SUBMISSIONS (EXCLUDING ANY MACROMEDIA-AUTHORED SOFTWARE), DO NOT UPLOAD THE SUBMISSIONS TO MACROMEDIA. YOU WILL BE FINANCIALLY LIABLE TO ANY THIRD PARTY THAT OWNS ANY ELEMENT OF YOUR EXTENSIONS! | | | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
