*CDB escrit:*


*Basically their legal department have decided they automatically own
allyour work and can (as I understand it) publish it elsewhere and do what
.... *

I usually read all the fine print and in some cases do not use software or
access sites as a result.

I am not a lawyer
BUT
I opine that clause 8 does not say what you say people have suggested it
says, and is similar to those I've seen elsewhere

In terms & conditions

*8. Rights to End User Content.* By posting, uploading, or transmitting any
data or other content on or through the Application, or causing any data or
content to be posted, uploaded, or transmitted on or through the
Application (the "*End User Content*"): (i) you represent and warrant that
you are the owner of the End User Content and/or that you have the right to
grant the licenses to Digi-Key contained in this Agreement; and
 (ii) you grant to Digi-Key a fully-paid, royalty-free, perpetual,
irrevocable, transferrable, sublicensable, non-exclusive, worldwide license
to maintain a copy of the End User Content (in whole or in part) *solely
for the purpose of operating the Application and storing content *posted by
registered users for their use with the Application.

As I read it (IANAL) this ensures that they can run the system for you and
that they do not HAVE to delete, modify or mollycoddle your data  during or
after you use it. Elsewhere they say that they might lose your data or the
system may not be accessible or may break, and tough luck.

All this SEEMS fair enough to me, but IANAL.


 Russell
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