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This service can use your content for all their existing and future services


Service: Science (AAAS)
Status: DECLINED
Case: This service can use your content for all their existing and future services
Changes: 4
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Author: ThePainofTOS Lv. 15 Curator


As stated in the terms of service: "You retain copyright in your User Submissions. By submitting User Submissions, however, you hereby grant AAAS a worldwide, irrevocable, nonexclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable and transferable license to use in any other manner that may be hereafter developed in connection with the Website and Science (and its successors’ and affiliates’) business, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the Website (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels that exist now or may be developed."


Comments:
On 2024-05-17 12:13:16 UTC, AgnesDeLion Lv. 87 Staff wrote:

changes-requested: Please link the point to a quote from the documents
I think you could also shorten it to "use in any other manner that may be hereafter developed in connection with the Website and Science (and its successors’ and affiliates’) business"

On 2026-06-13 22:53:58 UTC, ThePainofTOS Lv. 15 Curator wrote:

Shortened analysis as per recommendations

On 2026-06-14 00:03:53 UTC, Dr_Jeff Lv. 89 Staff wrote:

declined:



We track editorial changes to analyses and updates to a point's status and display the previous versions here as part of an effort to promote transparency regarding our curation process.

Version 4: 2026-06-14 00:03:53 UTC by Dr_Jeff 20149 Lv. 89 Curator
Analysis updated

Previous Status: PENDING

Updated Status: DECLINED

Version 3: 2026-06-13 22:53:58 UTC by ThePainofTOS 35448 Lv. 15 Curator
Analysis updated

Previous Analysis: As stated in the terms of service: "You retain copyright in your User Submissions. By submitting User Submissions, however, you hereby grant AAAS a worldwide, irrevocable, nonexclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, perform, and use in any other manner that may be hereafter developed in connection with the Website and Science (and its successors’ and affiliates’) business, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the Website (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels that exist now or may be developed. You also hereby grant each user of the Website a nonexclusive, irrevocable license to access your User Submissions through the Website, and to use, reproduce, distribute, display, and perform such User Submissions as permitted by AAAS."

Updated Analysis: As stated in the terms of service: "You retain copyright in your User Submissions. By submitting User Submissions, however, you hereby grant AAAS a worldwide, irrevocable, nonexclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable and transferable license to use in any other manner that may be hereafter developed in connection with the Website and Science (and its successors’ and affiliates’) business, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the Website (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels that exist now or may be developed."

Previous Status: CHANGES REQUESTED

Updated Status: PENDING

Version 2: 2024-05-17 12:13:15 UTC by AgnesDeLion 20760 Lv. 87 Curator
Analysis updated

Previous Status: PENDING

Updated Status: CHANGES REQUESTED

Version 1: 2024-01-24 17:06:49 UTC by ThePainofTOS 35448 Lv. 15 Curator
Analysis created

Title: This service can use your content for all their existing and future services

Analysis: As stated in the terms of service: "You retain copyright in your User Submissions. By submitting User Submissions, however, you hereby grant AAAS a worldwide, irrevocable, nonexclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable and transferable license to use, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display, perform, and use in any other manner that may be hereafter developed in connection with the Website and Science (and its successors’ and affiliates’) business, including without limitation for promoting and redistributing part or all of the Website (and derivative works thereof) in any media formats and through any media channels that exist now or may be developed. You also hereby grant each user of the Website a nonexclusive, irrevocable license to access your User Submissions through the Website, and to use, reproduce, distribute, display, and perform such User Submissions as permitted by AAAS."

Status: PENDING